Quote Originally Posted by honedright View Post
Actually the manuals recommend honing the heel, point and center with special emphasis at each section but at all times keeping the razor flat, but not all attempted during a single X patern stroke.

In other words, first you emphasize (with more pressure) honing at just the heel with 4 short X pattern strokes on each side, then you reposition the razor so that the point can be honed 4 times on each side with short X strokes, then reposition the razor again and hone the entire blade lightly X pattern style so that the center gets some attention.


I think the problem I am perceiving is that this "rolling" method, as suggested, seems to involve lifting the back, or spine, of the razor up and away from the hone during part of the stroke and that seems incorrect. And I still caution any noobies, who may have interpreted the "rolling honing" as I did, against lifting the spine while honing. If that is not how this honing method is meant to be done, then I stand corrected.

Scott
Okay, I think I've got it!!!

Maybe this word, "rolling" triped us(noobe's) up a bit. You old timers must remember that us new guys don't know Sh*t! So when you use words of phrazes that you think we all know, we don't.

This will help me tremendously when trying to extablish a bevel that differs greatly from one end of the razor to the other. For some reason, and I don't know why, the heel seems to present the biggest fault along the entire line of the bevel when there are "uneven" problems.

That you XMAN, Jimbo, Scott,and everyone else. I have just taken a huge step forward in my knowledge of honing.

Regards,

Steve