Quote Originally Posted by JoshEarl View Post
Matt,

A couple of thoughts here: How is your stone oriented in relation to your body? Are you sitting or standing while honing?

Changing these two factors made a big difference for me early on. I was honing side to side. When I started pointing the stone away from my body and honing toward and away from me, I was able to get a much more even stroke.

Sitting down instead of standing up also helped. Keep your elbow high--don't rest it on the table. This gets the hone closer to your eyes, so you can see better. It also allows your arm to travel freely during the stroke.

Also, are you using an X pattern or going straight across the hone? You can go straight across with a 3-inch Norton, but in my book an X is still better. Although X doesn't X--go figure.

Keep at it,
Josh
I am sitting with the hone away from me. I started like you but immediatley figured that honing away is easier. I have been sitting at a bar though which may not be as good as say a kitchen table or dining table. I am trying to do my x stroke and I can do it well wehn performing the return stroke, but the first stroke away from me I find that I am encountering too much resistance and am removing more metal from the tip of the blade. I can actually see a streak while moving the blade and then hitting the part where I lift the razor by accident. I note also that the water seems to just soak up in this part of the hone. Having a difficult time keeping water there for some odd reason.

Quote Originally Posted by izlat View Post
Um, in addition to what has been said:

It may just be the razor - e.g. weird warp / twist, etc. One more thing to look out for

Good luck
Ivo
I am almost positive this razor is fine.