Thread: Experimenting with some jointing techniques

Originally Posted by Utopian

And that is all that matters.


Have you done all of them as you described above? That is, did you join/joint on the 1k and then use your nail after higher grits? Have you considered doing one and not the other, and vice versa, to figure out which is contributing to the improvement?

Yes I've used the same routine for all of them. I've done enough to see that I'm consistently getting positive results, and I plan to do some more experimenting as you've described above. Right now I'm thinking that the fingernail before the finisher will be the one that has the biggest impact. Should have it figured out in a few more days. I'm trying to be very thorough as this may change my routine in the future. I don't want to add an extra step for the next several years that's not doing anything for me.

I, like you, thought that jointing was silly and made no sense. It seems to have proven itself useful in my routine though. I do use Japanese/half stokes when setting bevels instead of the more popular circle method. I always switch to heel forward and x strokes when the bevel starts to come in. Perhaps this is somehow correcting a condition that I didn't know was an issue in my routine.

I'm really having fun with this. My honing seems to have hit a plateau for the last year or so and it's exciting to be taking another step forward. It's a baby step, but a step none the less.