Thread: Who turns your hone around to get even wear?

Yup, seems to a pretty common practice.

Depends on the hone. Usually I don't think about their orientation, so the ones that are more or less uniform front to back, and side to side have a 50/50 chance of getting turned the opposite way anytime I pick them up. But if I know a stone has a "bad spot," only has one good side, or there's some other reason to orientate the stone a specific way then obviously it doesn't get flipped. Of course, I'm only sharpening one or 2 blades at any given time, so there's no need to worry about wear or where swarf has accumulated. If ever there's a need to sharpen more than I do, that might change accordingly.

Originally Posted by Marshal

Depends on the hone. Usually I don't think about their orientation, so the ones that are more or less uniform front to back, and side to side have a 50/50 chance of getting turned the opposite way anytime I pick them up. But if I know a stone has a "bad spot," only has one good side, or there's some other reason to orientate the stone a specific way then obviously it doesn't get flipped. Of course, I'm only sharpening one or 2 blades at any given time, so there's no need to worry about wear or where swarf has accumulated. If ever there's a need to sharpen more than I do, that might change accordingly.

I'm with you. I pay no mind to the orientation and don't keep a scorecard so it's the luck of the draw as to which side is which.

I turn mine with every razor. Easy for me to keep track of it since I usually set aside an afternoon and just hone everything.

I turn 'em...sometimes I turn them two times in one go, turn, turn again so as to trick the hone. I'm thinking about turning my strop around but I think I would be confused by the upside down logo on the leather.

I turn my hones and strops if I can. My mind looses focus very easily counting laps so it is never the same but I think equals out in the long run.

I turn mine as well

Years ago gssixgun posted that he turned every 10 round trips IIRC, and I thought 'balderdash' ! Couple years later I was thinking about it while honing and gave it a shot. I do it all the time now. SO .......... you can teach an old dog new tricks ........... sometimes it just takes awhile for it to sink in.

My stomach turns every time Mrs. Zero gets to the mailbox before me, does that count?

Funny, I flip mine to keep the water on the whole blade even. When I am chasing a pool with only the toe , I turn it.