Question about Honing - x-stroke
I haven't yet honed a razor but am about to start. I have watched heaps of videos and seen local members do it, but I can't logically get my head around one aspect of the x-stroke...
It appears that when doing such strokes, the heel of the razor spends far less time/travel on the hone than the middle of the edge or the toe.
Does this result in the heel wearing slower than the other parts of the edge?
Does one need to apply extra pressure to the heel to "even things out"
And when one moves to the final polish, it appears that little to no pressure is used, so one cannot apply extra torque to the heel to compensate?
I'd really appreciate people's thoughts on this. If it helps, I will be using Chosera 1k for bevel set, norton 4/8k for refinement, then escher for final polish (the escher is a narrow hone), mainly on sheffield steel but also for my set of CV Heljestrands and a Bengall. And razors from 4/8 to 9/8, near wedge to hollow and framebacks.
Thanks, Andrew