i know the middle of the blade gets more contact with the stone when the stone is rather narrow but how can this be prevented? and what is usually the cause?:shrug:
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i know the middle of the blade gets more contact with the stone when the stone is rather narrow but how can this be prevented? and what is usually the cause?:shrug:
Actually if you are using narrow hone then you shouldn't have problem which middle touches more then heel or tip.
if you are using 2-3 inch stone and only using x pattern strokes then you will touch middle and tip more then heel at the end you will have uneven bevel.
Now this has been discussed a lot before
what you can do it.
1 use rolling motion
2.heel first strokes- means you keep blade approximately 120-140 degree angle to the stone.Remember when we do x pattern we do keep blade usually 90 degree.hope you get this one.
3 you can use narrow stones.
i hope this will help.good luck
Here is a good explanation on that in the help files barbering textbooks download. The one on honing and stropping. Comes up with the text sideways on my screen so I printed it out. Real good info to refer back to. :gl:
:rock:hay that's a good read..it has a section on my problem.... it looks like my pressure was wrong which is what i figured.
thanx
that happened after i butterknifed a boker red injun... man that sure took longer to even get the edge where it did not reflect light
Using light pressure is really important, isn't it? I found that out too a while back when I was still a real newb to honing. I don't know about anyone else, but I love using narrow stones (I have all of my nortons cut in half length-wise also) as I feel it helps with the uneven bevel problem.
Dave