I actually use a modified version of the HHT when I hone my razors. I still own the hair when I do the test, as in the hair is still attached to either my scalp or most often my mustache which always needs a bit of trimming anyway. For me, the finer I go in grit for polishing, the quicker the razor grabs a hair. Secondary is the amount of tugging to actually cut the hair, the more polished the edge is the smoother it cuts the hair and the less tugging I feel.

The serrations or grooves left from the grit used to sharpen the edge do have an effect on the cutting but as we are not sawing our beard off, the serrations will hinder, rather than help the cutting of hair unless the razor is so dull that the only hope of severing the hair is by catching and breaking it off in which case coarser serrations should help. The smoother the surface of the bevel providing our edge is intact, the lower the cutting resistance.

My prediction is that the finer the hone, the more effortless the HHT will become provided of course that the honer does his job correctly. Using slurry type stones is an entirely different matter, my coticule honed razors rarely pass the HHT until I polish with a CrO2 pasted bench strop.


Regards

Christian