Absolutely well said and thanks for this thread. I tried unsuccessfully to achieve the HHT as well. The real test for me is how the shave looks and the alum bloc feels on my skin afterwards.
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Its a 'theirs issard' 5/8 not to sure if thats spelt correctly. What is the TNT?
The only time I use the TNT is to check an edge for nicks, such as when I am out antiquing or find a razor at a flea market. This test is to check for nicks undetectable by the eye, using it while honing will defeat your honing efforsts as dragging the blade across a nail will kill the edge.
God I hate the HHT :aargh: I hate the HHT 1-5 even worse
To the OP take a DE blade and Calibrate your Hair using the DE blade, see what a machine sharpened edge can do to your hair, did you even try flipping the hair around ??? Holding the root side vs-holding the end ..
The key word to HHT is Calibrate until you do that with your hair, it is completely and utterly beyond useless....
The main problem I have with the HHT 1-5 nonsense is that there so much variation in human hair between people doing the test, that the actual numbers mean absolutely nothing in terms of being able to compare your HHT with someone else. A person can only compare results which are done by the same person using the same hair. Any other comparison is by definition completely meaningless.
Well, I kind of find it (the HHT test) useful, _for me_ and the hair I use. 1 = you have to drag the hair on the edge before it cuts and 5 = deadly silent cut, it just falls off the edge as soon as it hits it. So I think it's strong to call it nonsense, but as a newbie tool it leaves _a lot_ of room for errors. But I guess it's a WWFM (What Works For Me) thing :)