Thread: Honing Issues

Originally Posted by JOB15

Thanks for the replies.
When I swap hands it is to work the opposite side of the blade . The reason I do that is because I don't feel comfortable flipping the blade in the same hand I started with and doing circles going up the hone. If I swap hands I can go from top to bottom.
I think some of the problem is that I write with my right hand but the rest of me is all left.
I'm left footed, I throw a ball with my left, I punch with the left, I shoot rifels on the left, on a motorcycle left bends are my favourite
Basically I think I've answered my own question here, hone with my left hand.

I do a multitude of strokes, rolling x and so on but that was always with synthetics.
Now I'm mainly honing on Jnats I feel the rolling x may add pressure at certain points of the stroke and I want weight of the blade only.
Also I cant do extravagant x strokes because I don't want the slurry to fall off the edge of the hone...

While I'm right handed your explanation makes perfect sense and so does your analysis;
Basically I think I've answered my own question here, hone with my left hand.

I'd give that a go! It makes sense! If you are 99% Left Handed then you 'should' be more comfortable with honing.

Again Give the Left Handed honing a go and let us know how it goes mate!