Thread: Starting to hone?

I'm sure this has been asked but I wanted to hear what people thought. I"m going to start learning to hone on some antique shop razors and I've seen in different videos that some people use 2 hands to hone and then on Lynn's DVD he uses only 1 hand. How do you all do it? and is there a reason why one works better or is it just preference?

Michael

One-handed works much better because it's easier to keep a light touch, which is essential for getting a good edge. Two-handed is usually used by beginners because it is easier to keep the blade flat on the hone. Two-handed is fine when you're setting the bevel because you're usually using some pressure at that point anyway.

One hand is a bit trickier to get used to, but I still get better results from it. I go side to side and not forward and back like Lynn does.

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Originally Posted by mparker762

One-handed works much better because it's easier to keep a light touch, which is essential for getting a good edge. Two-handed is usually used by beginners because it is easier to keep the blade flat on the hone. Two-handed is fine when you're setting the bevel because you're usually using some pressure at that point anyway.

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I find replicating Lynn's approach is most often the best policy.

The rare times I use a barbers hone I use one hand but mostly I use the larger ceramic or natural stone hones and then I always use two hands. I find using the second hand stabilizes the toe of the razor better and for me at least I have been able to master the two handed approach without applying any additional downwards pressure on the blade.