Thread: Pressure!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Alternatively, you can correct your honing stroke on your current hones, rather than investing in more hones.

Draw a pencil line one inch from, and parallel to, the hone's edge that is closest to your honing hand. Now imagine that one inch strip to be your narrow hone. Focus your honing ONLY on that one inch strip exactly as if it only is a one inch wide hone.

Now that you have a set narrow hones, you will need to learn how to use them. When you do, your honing contact issue will disappear.

I see this claim all the time, and no, that's not correct. On a razor that is crooked or warped, it will work just the same on the side of the razor that is shaped in a convex manner from heel to toe, but on the opposite side it will hit at the heel and toe only, and then will make contact with the toe and the part of the razor that is contacting the edge of the stone as it's drawn off with an x-stroke. The same goes for a razor with a frown but the problem will be on both sides rather than only one. The narrower hone doesn't solve this problem, but allows the amount of steel removal to be lessened before full contact is achieved.

Originally Posted by eKretz

I see this claim all the time, and no, that's not correct. It will work just the same on the side of the razor that is shaped in a convex manner from heel to toe, but on the opposite side it will hit at the heel and toe only, and then will make contact with the toe and the part of the razor that is contacting the edge of the stone as it's drawn off with an x-stroke. The narrower hone doesn't solve this problem, but allows the amount of steel removal to be lessened before full contact is achieved.

Then go ahead and buy a set of narrow hones and learn from them. Alternatively, draw a line with a pencil.