Thread: Dovo’s honing method

Originally Posted by Euclid440

“You're rolling all the claims into one. Here's how I see the claims:”

No, not really.

Point 1 and 2 are the same and are FALSE!

Points 3&4 are the same and True.

1. a razor honed on a convex stone creates a better edge? true or false.

2. A convex stone has certain advantages over a flat hone? true or false.

3. Dovo honers are frowning their edges with convex hones? true or false.

4. Dovo honers can't create shave ready edges, (with convex hones).

Bottom line and common denominator, the convex hone.

So, as Glen said no first-hand experience. How about you make a convex hone, hone a razor, pass it around for inspection and shaving?

But again, if it does not work for Dovo, what makes you think it will work for you. And Jarrod has sold some stones and presumably some concave plates to make convex hones.

Where are the raving reviews? Not one yet…

You're making it sound as if I'm advocating the convex hone, I've stated multiple times I don't think the supposed advantages would translate to the real world. That doesn't mean the theoretical advantages would not turn into real advantages all variables being equal, nor the opposite. The theoretical advantages may be too small for us to detect and therefore not worth the effort. I never claimed one hone was better in the real world, only that one had some theoretical advantages. These two claims are not mutually exclusive.

My calculation of the saggita height from the chord was dismissed as BS. Would a flat plane not, theoretically, become concave when applied to a convex surface? I never claimed that this is what happened in reality when honing. My calculation even showed that the amount of concavity was incredibly small even in theory, which actually supports the criticisms against the convex hone being radically better.

Points 1 and 2 are not the same. The convex hone could have advantages that have nothing to do with the condition of the edge bevel.

Points 3 and 4 could also exist in a condition where Dovo were using flat hones.