Thread: Newbie honing fail

Originally Posted by unit

I would stray from the pyramids and counting strokes. The blade has no inclination to cooperate with any set procedure...every blade will require a different number of passes on a hone before it releases its "inner sharp"

Really???

I guess I must not have the experience that you do, but I would disagree with this as a blanket statement.

I would be more interested to know the condition of the blade before starting to at least try to determine where a good starting place would be or go with the circles as someone else recommended.

Having a regiment that can get you pretty close all the time is a lot easier for a new person to learn than finding a razors inner sharp out of the blocks.

Respectfully........