Thread: Hone standing

Just discovered after having to hone for hours and hours:

- Hold the hone in one hand;
- Stand up;
- Go to town.

I find the angle and effort needed by twisting your shoulder etc.. is the most natural when standing and holding the hone in one hand while holding the knife in the other hand, it increased my speed and decreased those scary 'misses' immensly. I recommend giving it a try and please do post your comments after trying it out.

When I first started honing I tried it sitting at a table and found it awkward. I tried holding the hone in one hand and the razor in the other and found that unstable. I found that sitting with a towel on my thigh with the hone on top was comfortable but I got tired of a wet leg.

Finally I tried standing at the kitchen sink with the hone on a piece of that shelf liner in Lynn's DVD with a paper towel to soak up the excess and that became my honing platform.

Only recently have I experimented with holding the hone in my opposite hand and now it is fine as long as the hone isn't too large. I find the feedback through the hone very informative. I could imagine that this may be the start of a change in my honing routine but it is too soon to tell. One way or the other I can now see why many members like to hone this way.

I have an involuntary tremor... I can't imagine that ending well

I stand/hand-hold too. I do it because I started out with a Rolls Razor hone and then Spyderco pocket hones. They are quite small and quite thin, so it was easiest to hone with them in my hand. There are a few hones that make my wrist/arm tired, like the larger sized C12k and, after a while, my Norton 220/1k.

I was struggling with my away (push) stroke with the hone on a flat surface. I tried standing/sitting at different distances from the hone, but for some reason the mechanics just weren't smooth when I pushed away. The microscope revealed a difference in both sides of the bevel as well. One day I picked up a hone and started honing with it in my hand. It felt comfortable immediately, and my away stroke had smoothed out.

I do the majority of my honing standing at the kitchen sink. I do 99% of my touch up honing while standing. I usually set down at the couch when I am doing the bevel setting, fleabay special or honing a stubborn wedge.

Charlie

Originally Posted by spazola

I do the majority of my honing standing at the kitchen sink. I do 99% of my touch up honing while standing. I usually set down at the couch when I am doing the bevel setting, fleabay special or honing a stubborn wedge.

Charlie

I've always wondered, how can you work off a lot of metal away from a sink? How do you rinse the blade, keep the hone free of swarth, and refresh the surface of the hone without running water? I'd love to move away from the sink. What is your secret?

with a pump-up spray bottle and catch basin of course

My honing improved when I started slanting my stones at a 45-60 deg. angle and moving the razors left to right and vice versa...

I always hold my belgium coti even nortons i prefer it i find it feels more natural i sit down and stand i prefer to sit if i'm doing a lot of laps if not i will stand.