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    Quote Originally Posted by heavydutysg135 View Post
    I really like to use narrow stones on razors that do not have a perfectly flat and straight blade profile.
    my oppinion is, that this is the best way

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    Quote Originally Posted by dave5225 View Post
    I think it depends on the person honing . I think some people hone better with 2 hands , and some people are better using 1 hand . I use 2 hands . I tried honing with 1 hand , and got mediocre results . Switched to 2 hands , and my results improved big time , YMMV
    In the begining the results are better with two hands (on some razors) and the honing seems easier (on some razors), but if you insist (persist ?)(keep on ?), in honing with one hand after some time you succeed the best results!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yannis View Post
    In the begining the results are better with two hands (on some razors) and the honing seems easier (on some razors), but if you insist (persist ?)(keep on ?), in honing with one hand after some time you succeed the best results!
    This may or may not be true. I don't want to be ornery about this, but unless you've spent a lot of time doing it both ways (one handed and two handed) you can't possibly know this to be true. Even if you have been doing it both ways for a long time, how do you know that two-handed is not the best way? Perhaps you are just not very good at using both hands

    I get shaving edges every time and on all my blades using two-handed honing, even with warped blades and smilers etc. Pressure really is not an issue if you know what you're doing.

    However, as with everything, YMMV.

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    I use two hands and pop a big toe in there sometimes for extra stability

    Could this kind of be like a two-handed backhand in tennis or some unorthodox stance in baseball --- that is, it might not be the most efficient and technically correct way but results are results.

    Justin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    This may or may not be true. I don't want to be ornery about this, but unless you've spent a lot of time doing it both ways (one handed and two handed) you can't possibly know this to be true. Even if you have been doing it both ways for a long time, how do you know that two-handed is not the best way? Perhaps you are just not very good at using both hands


    James.
    It is not need to rediscover wheel.
    People hone razors a very very long time ago, and because when begin honing, the easiest way is to hone with two hands, this method is not dicovered today but is probably the first method that people tryed and has been put aside by centuries of experience
    That's why there is no need to be tryed again.
    For a new discovered method I am willing to give it a try
    By the way if someone hone razors with success by using two hands is the exeption and not the rule

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    This may or may not be true. I don't want to be ornery about this, but unless you've spent a lot of time doing it both ways (one handed and two handed) you can't possibly know this to be true. Even if you have been doing it both ways for a long time, how do you know that two-handed is not the best way? Perhaps you are just not very good at using both hands

    I get shaving edges every time and on all my blades using two-handed honing, even with warped blades and smilers etc. Pressure really is not an issue if you know what you're doing.

    However, as with everything, YMMV.

    James.
    +1 Never one to forcefully put forth my own experiences and opinions , I tend to be a two handed honer and the reason for this is that I am able to very lightly guide the blade along the stone more smoothly and more consistently than when I use one hand. I require a really keen edge to scrape off my wirey beard and this is how I am able to achieve it. YMMV but I think to presume history's course and the results of others seems just that - presumptuous. I am interested to hear of how everyone hones up their blades, however. Even in Greece
    Happy Honing and Keen Edges to All -

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    I'm worried that with two hands I double the likelihood of uneven pressure per stroke, even if it's a light touch. Whatever works, works though, may be all in the individual's coordination.

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    I always use two hands, one to keep the razor flat. If you put little pressure on the spine alone not much of it will be "transmitted" to the bevel. I am too clumsy I'm afraid to use one hand. I do not alternate pressure nor do I use a rocking motion on my smiling blades.
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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    Default One handed honing ?

    Watched a couple of video's on honing from the internet. They were using two hands so I gave it a go (1st time) & thought it went well but then I read these posts & hope I didn't screw up my blades.

    I'm going to get Lynn video, but is there any other good ones on line that show one handed honing?

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    After watching Lynn's video you'll need no more videos.
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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