Barbering textbook question
I started with watching Lynn's DVD and he basically says not to apply pressure during horning and just use razor's weight (if I understood correctly). Now, I'm looking at the barbering textbook and it seems slightly different.
First, it says, when honing dull razor, you should make strokes with firm pressure and ease the pressure as the razor takes edge.
Also, it says in order to maintain a correct curve, you need to do a few strokes applying pressure towards the heel, then a few strokes with pressure towards the point and then a few storokes without pressure.
So which way is better. Was the DVD meant to simplify things for beginners? Or the textbook method doesn't work with fast cutting Norton stones?
Another question is about the pyramid: the DVD says a conservative pyramid could be 5/5, 3/3, 1/3, 1/5. While the pyramid document from files section seems a lot longer (1/5, 1/5, 3/5, 5/5, etc). So which one is better?