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I just honed a 6/8 full hollow. Coming off the 8K, the blade passed the HHT along the full length of the blade.
The I finished with 10 laps on the yellow coticule, and suddenly the hair didn't want to split anymore. :cry:
Fearing I busted up the edge, I took it back for 5 laps on the 8K, and the hair went plink plink plink again along the whole length of the blade.
Is this normal?
:confused:
The problem may be with the hair. That's more of a variable than the blade or the stone. I'm working on a more standardized HHT protocol.
Also, the coticule hone may be rounding your edge.
X
Also some people claim that a very sharp blade may not pass the HHT and still shave very well ----- maybe go back to the coticule and see how it shaves. Every time this subject comes up it seems to me to be like voodoo or something.
Justin
I've found the HHT to be an unreliable indicator of performance. In fact, I don't even do the HHT any longer. I learned to get a feel for how the blade was sharpening up by how it feels on the 8K side of the Norton hone (when starting from dull). I always finish on a coticule, and then strop and test shave a few hairs on my cheek.
Once I had figured out how to hone, my most important observation looking back was, as a beginner, I constantly overhoned. It really shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to hone an average razor to really nice sharpness.
E