I know I'm coming very late to this party, but there is a point being missed that Marshal above hints at. We have all learned to avoid overhoning and creating a wire-edge, and we do that by using edge-leading strokes, accepting that while no burr will form the edge will be chipped in accordance with the abrasive in the hone. Hence the progression to finer hones. Child's play! This guy is simply saying there is an alternative - cut your bevel, create a tall, thin burr deliberately, break it off and then burnish the very apex with a paste. This is going to consume more metal, but does it work? Over the years I have come across a few razors that were simply awful to hone. Maybe half a dozen out of the hundreds I have ( I know....but many of you followed me down that road!). So I have been trying it out, and I have to say that this is something you might try out when a razor is being difficult. Even the TI 8/8 damascus (one of five made for the old Yahoo SRP group) that I could never get to shave, and which was sent to Lynn with success, seems to have responded. I don't believe in miracles either, but, you know - gift horse/teeth etc? If it works it's another tool in the box.

Chris