Hello everyone. A little background. A few months back I purchased the WEPS 1 and embarked on what I didn’t know at the time was going to become a most ADDICTIVE journey. I started with some old kitchen knives then made the mistake of asking my mother in law if she wanted anything sharpened. Big mistake as now she wants an endless supply of old knives sharpened. Anyway around the time I hit my 8th or 9th knife and I lot of reading on these boards, I was starting to get what I would consider a SCAREY sharp edge and was proud of my work. It was time to start on my better folders. First up, my ZT 0550. I re profiled the edge at 18 degrees(36 inclusive). Stated with 100 diamonds then 200,400,600,800,1000, 1200 ceramic 1600 ceramic and finally 5 and 3.5 diamond paste strops. The edge was the best I had done to date except for one thing. When I tried to shave hair on my left arm it would take off only a few hairs, not very impressive, but when I tried to shave hairs on my right arm, totally different story. The blade shaved the hair off like it was a straight edge razor. What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also on a side note I am using an angle cube when I start, to check angles and also checking to make sure I am raising a burr with cotton swab at each stage up through 800 stones. Thanks
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