Originally Posted by
Utopian
It depends on the hair as much as the edge. I used to have the same issue with the HHT and the arm hair test. The first meet-up I attended was almost 10 years ago and there I watched Randy hone a razor and test the edge by tree-topping his arm hair. I eagerly asked to try out the razor on my arm hair. That was my first ever opportunity to try anyone else's edge. I was surprised to find that Randy's edge, like my own, would not tree top my arm hair or pass the HHT with my hair. I had read so many descriptions of edge testing on arm hair and the HHT and neither ever worked for me. I simply had assumed that I could not hone as well as the other guys on the forum.
It turned out that my edges were fine. The problem was that my hair was even more fine. I have the arm hair of a 3 year old girl and never have had any luck with either of the standard tests.
Fortunately, I do not have the chest hair of a three year old girl and have found that I can use that for the HHT.
Now, I am not suggesting that you use my chest hair for your tests. :gaah: The point simply is that you need some sort of test that you can calibrate for a reproducible result. That hair can be from any part of your, or anyone else's, body. Just use whatever works for you.