Thread: Circle honing

The numbers are a guide, you should try and hone by feel anyway

So NO,,, they are not that crucial,, that said don't get absurd on this either 100 circles on one side and 10 on the other is just dumb

+1 to what Glen said.

I regularly lose count, but what I tend to do is have a reasonable sense of time spent on each side (3 seconds, for example) and just trust that my circle speed is roughly equivalent on each side. I think with circles keeping the amount of time on each side short-ish will help avoid overworking one side compared to another.

Alternatively, if you just randomly forget how many you've done on each side, then the laws of probability state that, over a long period of honing, each side should roughly get the same amount of work. See? Math can be your friend!

James.

These answers make me feel better about counting beats when I do circles lol

1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.....

I was going to say exactly what Glen said; the numbers are a guide, esp useful for beginners. If you don't count at all you can 'zone out' and just do laps and circles over and over without following a real plan. As you get better you'll be able to evaluate the edge as you go...

When Joe and I used to have honing parties, he'd say "I don't count; I already know I can count." He used the timer on the oven to keep track. I could never get used to that, and still prefer to count.