Thread: Reaching th edge

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I did an assortment of strokes but the one which did the job, I think, was the straight stroke .
Lifting the heel or maybe just taking any pressure off the heel and slightly pushing on the toe end of the blade. Making sure I was pushing water/slurry and then doing the same for the heel. The middle took care of itself.

Picture below of the afflicted area

Over the years there have been many honing methods discussed and I thought I would add my 2 cents regarding the actual point at which the edge is finished. When I determine that the edge is about to become "shaveready", I do 5 or 6 no pressure strokes but I do them at an unusually slow speed. It may take 5 or 6 seconds for the blade to travel from one end of the stone to the other end of the stone form the final few strokes. The theory is that the slower travel end to end imparts less trauma to the razor's edge thereby we will end up with a sharper blade.

This idea was given to me by a friend not of this forum. It works particularly well on Japanese finish stones.

Originally Posted by mrsell63

Over the years there have been many honing methods discussed and I thought I would add my 2 cents regarding the actual point at which the edge is finished. When I determine that the edge is about to become "shaveready", I do 5 or 6 no pressure strokes but I do them at an unusually slow speed. It may take 5 or 6 seconds for the blade to travel from one end of the stone to the other end of the stone form the final few strokes. The theory is that the slower travel end to end imparts less trauma to the razor's edge thereby we will end up with a sharper blade.

This idea was given to me by a friend not of this forum. It works particularly well on Japanese finish stones.

Thanks for that, I will adopt that method. I did notice sixgun doing final strokes slowly.
I hone at a fast pace as it is..
Thanks again.

Originally Posted by JOB15

Thanks for that, I will adopt that method. I did notice sixgun doing final strokes slowly.
I hone at a fast pace as it is..
Thanks again.

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Speed is of no importance when honing razors. Flat contact between blade and stone is of the utmost importance as is the least amount of pressure.