Thread: A Unified Theory of Honing and Stropping?

Originally Posted by Howard

Did you measure that or is part of the theory?

Howard, that's approximate. I derived the 45 degrees from holding the razor canted back at about 45 degrees, and then drawing the razor diagonally down and across the hone while maintaining that canted position. Looking at the very edge of my daily razor under a 10X loupe, I observe what appears to me to be a striated pattern, the striations slanted about 45 degrees downward, from point to heel.

Did I mearsure it? No, but I guesstimate 45 degrees to be about accurate.


Scott