Thread: Just cant get razor sharp following Lynns video at all

Well, videos can't show you everything. They cannot show you how much pressure is being applied, and they cannot show you how the razor honer is biasing the pressure heel to toe.

This is what you have to learn to hone straight razors well.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by Jamesalot23

ok i see. Can i wear out my razor quick this way setting new bevels and practicing? also still im wondering why lynn uses circles method

Yep! This why I recommend using a Gold Dollar learning to hone. Don’t use a new razor or a quality vintage razor to learn. Who really wants to use a good $30.00 Sheffield only to have it seriously fouled up by learning to hone?

Circles are used as an efficient, quick way to remove metal to set the bevel plane. Nothing magical about circles. Half strokes work just as well.

Let me add: Is Lynn’s video the only video you have watched? He is a great master and teacher, but not the only one. (No disrespect intended). I started this journey just over two years ago. No mentors, no meet ups. Just a determination to learn. I spent hours watching videos and reading; here and elsewhere. Get the right tools. There are tools for “doing” and tools for “practicing”. Don’t foul up a good tool because you are practicing.

Besides videos there is also a lot of info on the older threads here. I usually find them via google search and then just dive in. E.g. http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...d-bevel-3.html, post #29, http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ave-ready.html etc. I have found Euclid440's posts to be some of them most detailed. He walks you through the process and has pics. One pic is worth a thousand words
Also please go back and re read threads as time goes by. Things that didnt make too much sense initially suddenly do.

first times honing will have pitfalls, its just the learning curve, and Lynn doing circles is cause he can and speeds up the process, as a new honer you should be going slow, and as mentioned put ypour location in your profile, maybe someone close can help maybe in few months you can do it. by the way a great hone guy once said " honing is easy till it aint" Tc