Originally Posted by
PaulFLUS
With all due respect, creating a burr is one sure way to know that an apex has been reached. It should not be necessary once you are well versed with honing and comfortable with all the nuances but if done as you described it will not hurt your razor. The process is burr one side till the burr can be felt the entire length; burr the other side in the same way; join the edges and remove the burr by drawing the edge along the stone; do light X strokes to bring the edge back. Additionally I personally wash the blade and stop on a canvas strop I keep specifically for stropping between stones.
Again, with respect, many people will frown on burring the edge but it is better for you to do it that way than to keep going all the way to finish on a blade that has an unset ot incompletely set bevel. Now,.I know some are probably currently gnashing their teeth and saying, "what you should be doing is learning how to do it.the right way." Theoretically that is true. You however are not in honing college working on countless edges for academics sake. You are trying to get and keep your small collection shave ready. Academics can come later. Remember that eventually you should be able.to reach shave.ready without this method but do what it takes to get you there now keeping the textbook method as a goal.
That is my two cents worth.