Thread: Shapton Pressure?

Let me try to fine tune this a bit.

When using only the pressure necessary to keep the razor flat on the hone then try to have the distribution of the weight 60% on the edge and 40% on the spine. What your trying to do is to make sure that you have not transferred the weight to the spine.

Speed of honing stroke...of the people I have helped almost all have a stroke that is to fast. If you read Razor Central by Arthur Boone you will read that at the beginning of a stroke the tendency is to lift the edge.
A person must compensate for this. What I do is to watch the water flow in front of the edge and also to slow down. My rate is approx 1 second along an 8" hone. It really does help a lot. By going slow I get done faster!