Thread: ONE COTICULE HONING

Originally Posted by Dups

Hey Bart,

When you do your x stroke passes to set the bevel do you lift the razor or is it still touching the stone when you move back. It almost looks like you're backhoning every time?

The strokes I perform in step 3 are without flipping the blade. I don't lift the razor off the hone. It's just diagonally rubbing back and forth, really. So technically you're correct: half of the strokes are backhoning strokes. Once the razor shows any response to the shave arm hair test, I go to step 4, which uses regular X-strokes, light pressure and no backhoning.

I'm sorry you can't see the slurry consistency any better, due to my poor video gear.
It really just looks like there's milk on the hone. Coffee cream consistency I consider too thick.
Some steps use "misty" slurry, as Gary puts it. That's about double as watery as the milky slurry.
It does not matter all that much, for this method. All you need is a steady X-stroke.

Bart.