Thread: That shaped hone...

Originally Posted by thp001

This thread is more about the fact that it isn't just some idea out of the blue and has real historicity. Not really interested in the practical claims anymore it's been beaten to death imo. We'll all believe what we want to believe at the end of the day and that's totally fine.

You might want to re-read this part again... I think you are missing it or your translation skills are lacking

In English

"The main thing always remains that once you have straightened your razors in good condition and especially with a sharp edge, if they have suffered too much from prolonged use, it goes without saying that you should hand them over to the sharpener for repair

Sharpening the knife is apparently something very easy, but only a few understand it well most of the sharpening their knives is not flat but convex so that the cutting edge is sharp but at the same time wedge-shaped, which means that the advantage of a thin, hollow-ground blade is lost again, that's why it's here Probably in place to deal with this subject in more detail"


This part too

Others go even further by giving the successive stones a different shape. In particular, an experienced man praised the following procedure as being very beneficial: