Originally Posted by
gssixgun
Since I started this thread I have been to 3 Meets and sat down with about 6 people one-on-one to help them hone...
If anything I now think even more that the low grit stones are the more important part of the process...
Lynn and I both at the 2009 Asheville Meet, and then myself at the Denver Meet, and the Spokane Meet, sat and honed razors one after another...
As each razor was presented they were accessed, then brought to a clean, even sharp, bevel... From that point on it really made no difference... At all three meets we were working Naniwa, Shapton, and Norton sets along with a plethora of Natural's...
Once the bevels are set you can take the razor up any ladder you want...
Most of the time on the hones was spent setting the bevel...
We all still might "Discuss" what finish is the best, but the one thing there is no argument about, is that the bevel has to be right before you can move forward...
Bevel, Bevel, Bevel..... :D