Thread: Hone a straight edge or to a straight edge?

Originally Posted by bluesman7

Well, just between the two of us. How much do you use side honing? I have been doing about a half dozen laps of what I would call a V stroke as the last step before stropping, but I've never done pure side honing strokes.

Side Honing vs Extreme Heel forward


Is is simply a matter of degree here, you can slide the heel more forward and pull out many of the wonky uneven bevels especially of the older smiling Sheffield razors..

You might remember me showing this at the last Denver Meet..

This technique works as an arrow in the quiver for difficult bevels, this I know from using it for years

BUT

I do not know if it works for smoothing the edge on the final stage, I have never envisioned using it that way, and honestly I don't see how it would really work...
I would have to try it as described first on a Kamisori, and expand from there..



edit:

Another thought just occurred here perhaps this is a direct absolute way of shifting the stria, much like when sanding a blade during restoration you shift directions to take out the last grit's scratches

I know I like shifting the stroke pattern every 10 laps or so to keep things more even while honing..