Thread: Toe ok, middle dull

Chief while you did marker test did you use x strokes or just strait strokes?
if you have done x strokes then your test is false positive
if you are used straight strokes you are fine and congratulations.
do what you think that is a right approach. go to lower grit stone and come back again.
hope this helps.
lets us know how you progression

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

Chief while you did marker test did you use x strokes or just strait strokes?
if you have done x strokes then your test is false positive
if you are used straight strokes you are fine and congratulations.
do what you think that is a right approach. go to lower grit stone and come back again.
hope this helps.
lets us know how you progression

Hi,
I didn't know that you should avoid the x-stroke while doing the marker test-- thanks for the tip. I reran it and still passed. Decided to lap the coti again just in case, this time it came out better, but not great. Still the toe and the heel are just right, but the middle section is not as sharp... (I don't get it...)

Funny-- I have three razors, and this razor is the only one I have a hard time honing (it is a 1/2 hollow Livi regrind). My other two razors are full hollow and 1/4 hollow-- and even the 1/4 hollow is easier to hone than this one... maybe this razor has harder steel?

-Chief

Different strokes for different folks ..... I always use the x pattern with the marker test. Aside from using circles and back and forth strokes for metal removal while bevel setting I only hone with the x stroke so I also use it with the marker test. So far so good.