Thread: Honing Training Aid

ah ha! I wondered when someone was gonna ask me how much pressure I was using

When I was setting the bevel, i used about 200 to 250 g of pressure with a fairly thick slurry. This was within the guidelines Bart recommends for initial bevel setting. My final polishing strokes were around 40 to 50 g. Any less and I seemed to lose control over the way the edge rode the hone. Since there are two contact points, I figure the edge is subject to some amount less than half that because I try to keep what pressure I have biased towards the spine.

Keep in mind, I was using a cheap crappy kitchen scale with very coarse graduations.

I'm dying to hear how much pressure a pro uses. Please keep us posted Glen.