Thread: A Conversation About Pressure

My experience teaching guys to hone, more guys do not use enough pressure at the bevel set than use too much.

I tell folks use pressure, if you are not getting the results you want, vary the amount of pressure, more or less until you get the results you want. Your idea of light pressure may be way different than mine. As long as you are taping the spine, you will do minimal damage.

There are way too many variables to generalize, razor steel, grind, blade shape, stone grit, hardness, stone composition, natural vs synthetic, stroke, technique, downward pressure vs torque, and more importantly the goal, are you grinding or polishing/finishing.

You will use more pressure in the lower grits and less at the finish

Use tape when learning to hone, once you have mastered honing, then decide if you want to continue to use tape.