Thread: Honewear on omote side of kamisori causing increased resistance.

No need to over complicate single bevel honing with math or ratios. Wood workers who hone their chisels will understand this easily.
Honing on the back (Ura) is simply to remove any small burr created from honing the front (omote)
If a restoration, then the Ura needs to be clean & established from the start, this is called Ura oshi but this step is mostly unecessary for kamisori.
And so, the only stone to touch the ura in normal honing should be the final stone.


FYI. Stone files are also a great way to restore Jp knives & razors & establishing Ura Oshi.. Pic below.