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07-13-2009, 04:01 PM #8
I was speaking to Randy and he told me he is using the rolling x all of the time now. I am too unless the blade is absolutely flat and with a perfectly straight profile.
I have posted this link here many times. It is the excerpt from the barber's manual circa 1961. Those guys knew something about honing a razor. Gary, being a barber you would appreciate this.
The method that they teach for keeping a razor from getting a frown while using the x pattern is similar to the rolling x and I do this with many razors. I agree with the writer of the tutorial that a slightly smiling blade is preferable to a totally straight profile.
Anyhow, using this method works for me in getting the whole blade from point to heel sharp.Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.