Thread: Getting my Bismarck to pass the Hanging Hair Test

How much pressure you apply, and how you apply it makes a difference. The type of pressure we're talking about here is not heavy. It's not bearing down on the blade with your fingers which might be the type used in restoration, i.e. chips or breadknifed edges.

Try honing with one hand by holding the tang with your thumb and index finger and cradling the scales with your other three fingers to keep the blade level on the stone. Pressure.......twist/rotate the edge gently into the stone by a slight twisting motion with your thumb and index finger, keeping the spine in contact with the stone. This is the pressure we're talking about.

Do 20 or 30 circles and then x strokes until you have the bevel set. As you go up in grit, the pressure is less and less and by the finisher, very light to very, very light. I also do about 5 very light strokes at the finish of each grit.

The below video will help with some visuals.

Hope this helps!!!

Regards,

Howard

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vxrs5kF...%3Dvxrs5kFkmJg