Thread: Experimenting with some jointing techniques

Since I've started with these techniques I've seen a notable difference in my results on the HHT. I used to see pretty poor HHT results prior to stropping but my blades are now giving good results straight from the stones and outstanding results after stropping. The shaves have also been constantly great with no need to take any blades back to the stones after the shave test(for fine tuning). As Utopian has suggested, I'm trying to figure out which techniques are more effective at different points in my progression.

Been very busy lately and have not been doing much honing. I finally got a chance to get a couple blades knocked out tonight and switched it up a bit for the sake of experimenting. I honed a G&F Adoration and another blade called Crosby Special. Both were lightly downstroked on the 1k after the bevel was set. I only did the thumbnail downstroke on the Crosby on the following stones and not the Adoration.

The results seem to be telling me something. The Crosby did well on the HHT before stropping and the Adoration did not. The Adoration tested well after stropping and the Crosby was outstanding. I did the thumbnail downstroke on the Adoration and brought the edge back with about 15 strokes on the 8k and finished it again on the 12k. The Adoration then tested like the Crosby both before and after stropping.

It seems that the thumbnail after the 5k and 8k is certainly doing something positive for my progression. I'll repeat this with two more blades before trying to sort out the 1k jointing on the hone.