Originally Posted by
Lynn
Honing is all about mistakes. The best way for someone to learn the good, the bad and the ugly is through making mistakes. When we started a few years ago, there basically were no good instructions for people to learn how to hone, so we have established "guidelines" or a few basic processes for people to learn from. Now we have so much more information available that the opportunity to learn and do well is really great. The basics remain the basics. Every person has to learn an even stroke and an amount of pressure that works well for them as well as what stone and media they prefer. Nothing will replace the fact that the more you hone and the more different things you try, the better you will get. If you hone just for your own use or if you eventually hone a ton of razors, you will continue to learn every time you approach a hone. I think people who end up honing hundreds of razors under stand that you don't know what you don't know at 100 or 200 or 500 razors and even after thousands, you are still learning and of course, still making mistakes. This is the fun of the sport.
One hand, two hands, solid surface, held in the hand, naturals, sythetics, Nortons, Naiwas, Shaptons, rolling, 45 degree angle, X pattern, straight strokes, circles, pressure, no pressure, breadknifing, thin hones, wide hones, oil, water, lather, slurry, pastes, sprays and on and on.......So much fun stuff to try and so many great razors to try them on.
The objective remains......that just a little bit better shave that will be considered perfect beyond compare........
Keep those mistakes coming and have fun,
Lynn
Keep those mistakes coming.