Thread: Coticules... ymmv indeed!

One way to see if you can successfully do weight of the blade, or less, is to hold the stone in your hand in such a way so that it is balanced at the tipping point, like a child's seesaw and do your strokes. There was a video of this technique shot by a former member here and it is pretty cool. Obviously if you apply more than weight of the blade the stone tips over.