Thread: Honing practice today- what have I done here?

proper stropping will improve your edges,, not so much the strop itself as long as they are quality leather strops and clean. learning to strop properly should have come before honing, then you would not be concerned over "HHT" which means little to shaving. the SRD modular is a good system and as long as the components are kept clean and dust free the edge will be fine as long as you do your part. STROPPING is the most important aspect o edge maintenance tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

proper stropping will improve your edges,, not so much the strop itself as long as they are quality leather strops and clean. learning to strop properly should have come before honing, then you would not be concerned over "HHT" which means little to shaving. the SRD modular is a good system and as long as the components are kept clean and dust free the edge will be fine as long as you do your part. STROPPING is the most important aspect o edge maintenance tc

I feel I am "competent" at stropping. Meaning I don't cut my strop anymore and my edges don't degrade if anything they improve slightly.

We are all in different places on the learning curve of honing- where I am I thought HHT meant something after reading about it. Now I know it does not. I have moved an inch or two along the learning curve.

So far everyone has been patient and helpful and for that I am grateful.

I will be posting things that others have already investigated. I will try to keep it to a minimum. Please be patient with me while I work this out.