Thread: HONING A HEEL AND TOE

Yea. Because I use the heel and toe, I am more aware that most are not fully honed.

This morning, I watched a video of a guy honing a razor, not from our fora, and the heel and about 1 inch of the edge from the heel was on the hone about a ½ inch of travel. It literally spent no time on the hone.

In your photo I would hone the toe to the top of the sharpie, about a quarter of the toe radius.

On Sheffield’s I hone the whole edge heel and toe, on some wide ones you do have to lift a bit to get them honed. Red ink helps negates having to pick up a loupe, it will quickly tell you if you are removing material.

I have a lot more control shaving the corners of my mouth, always a problem area for me, using two hand ATG and using the heel than wheeling the toe. And I have 4 hairs some what deep in the nostrils that only a sharp tip can reach. A keen tip sneaks up and pops them off without cutting my nose.

If you cut your nose, it bleads and stings, like the dickens.