Everything there rings true
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Originally Posted by
gssixgun
You're starting to wrap you brain around what I was saying...and what I have learned...
Simply put the more you hone the better you get, the better you get the smoother your edges get, the smoother your edges get the more you realize the "magic" is in the hands not the stones...
For the hypothetical of when you are good with many stones???? then refer back to my posts above, where you start trying to match steel to stone :)
PS: Pastor/Thomas is not a Newb he is helping one out
As you and Paul put well - its the hands - and there's no shortcut there - no magic bullet rock. The entire area of stone compatibility fascinates me - such as your mentioning in past threads that shaptons seem to play well with only other shaptons in a progression. I've had a couple good examples in the last 2 wks of that. Steels and stones, I'm not very savvy on yet. 'Just the heavy sheffields not liking the asagi and preferring the coti.
I very much would like a thread in the honing section on edge attributes and which techniques serve to steer an edge towards keen or smooth and how to jockey/balance those goals on which rocks.
For Pastor's friend - a forgiving edge remains the recommendation, however it's derived.
Paul, 'just saw your post. 'Really well put - and informative. Thank You.