Thread: My hone wont pass the hanging hair test

Originally Posted by gooser

+1
all mine shave good to me and after trying about 15-20 HHT with none passing i gave up and just use the shave test ...lol

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.

Its a 'theirs issard' 5/8 not to sure if thats spelt correctly. What is the TNT?

Originally Posted by robwolfgang

What is the TNT?

Thumb Nail Test.
will ruine an edge so use with caution.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Lucky it passed the TNT. At what point did you try the TNT ?
What kind of razor ?

It passed the TNT on about 15th stroke on the 4K. I know its more thn usual strokes but it was pulling a lot on my hair. I know it was excessive honing but I couldn't understand why it would shave well but wouldn't pass the HHT.

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.

http://coticule.be/hanging-hair-test.html

Originally Posted by Jimbo

While I agree that the HHT is not important, there can be a knack to doing it. The easiest HHT I have found is a chest (or similar) hair, held with the root toward the edge. When you place the hair over the edge let it rest there and give a very slight pull toward you so the scales of the hair catch in the edge. It still may not "work", but that is certainly the way that maximises the chance that it will.

James.

Not all of us have chest hair
Btw, it is very hard to get a hone to pass the HHT.
How do you get the sides sharp enough? It's not like they have an edge.

God I hate the HHT 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