Thread: issues honing Fillarmonica - baby smooth, no tugging, but not close

You also mentioned that the razor had a big "smile" shape to the edge.
Be sure to use a rolling X stroke to hone it.

Randy, thanks. Is there a good grahic of the rolling X? I think I can visualize what that would like and tried to do it, but would be interested in seeing it done right. Did the heavydutysquire video have that maybe?

I do normally need to do something beyond stropping after 12 shaves, so I wasn't surprised a needed to touch up at that point. Ie my 11 th shave just stropping was great, my 12th felt a little dulll, so I went to coticule (which I'm new with) and touched up, and it didn't feel dull like it did before touching up and in fact was smooth as heck but just didn't cut well. So maybe I rollled my edge stopping before shave 12 and didn't realize it, or maybe when I touched up (with eight million passes, including slurry) I actually dulled it and lost some of the finish I had had from before.

I don't think I overhoned, so thanks for putting meat around my gut feeling. I've overhoned with pasted strops and when that happens it isn't super smooth like this has been.

Whatever I did, sounds like i need to get a courser stone and try to reset the bevel and go from there.

Originally Posted by loueedacat

Is there a good grahic of the rolling X?

There is a 9-part honing video on youtube made by an SRP honemeister:

YouTube - tonycoronado's Channel

He covers the rolling X at the end.