Originally Posted by
AFDavis11
I think the problem is you are trying to hone upwards when you should be honing downwards.
When I teach people to hone I teach them them hone downwards.
Here is what you are likely doing. You are taking a razor with a torn up bevel and you are moving it on way too low a grit and ending up with a torn up bevel, thus you make no progress. Follow so far?
What you should be doing instead is grabbing the highest grit you have, starting "at the top" and hone with that. Hone like 100 strokes and create a good, unsharp bevel. Exam it with your scope. Now, got that? That is your new baseline. See what it looks like?
Then move DOWN in grit and hone that with just a few laps. Did you tear the bevel to pieces again, or is it intact? If its torn to pieces your stroke sucks, or you're using too much pressure. Go back to step 1. If the bevel remains intact you have "learned" on that lower grit, then move down further and try again. The razor will slowly get sharper and sharper, but at some point the edge will get torn up because you don't have the skill for the grit. So, the theory is "lower is harder". Got it?
That should work much better, although it'll take longer. But you'll also learn the grit that your skill can handle. Anytime the bevel gets torn you've gone too low and you have to start over again. At some point you can stop trying to go low and start working back up, at which point you'll be home free.
It's counter-intuitive. Not the best way to hone, but it works great for learning to hone.