Thread: Weird results from the Marker test

Look at this picture see the heel ???? see the tiny "point" starting to form??? it will become a hook if you continue, you need to take that Dremel that you have been messing with, and grind the heel back into shape... The razor is pretty worn, and the geometry is all off now, it has to be brought back into line or even if you get the edge to pop by using every exotic stroke under the sun, the next time you hone it, you will have the same problem...

Some hints on honing,,

1 hour of trying to set the bevel at one time is too long, Stop!!! take a breath and figure out where the problem is...

Anytime you do 100 laps of any style on any stone and don't accomplish something good, Stop !!!! and figure out what your missing...

3-7 hours of bevel setting on one razor???? Stop !!! you're doing something wrong and wasting steel...take a breath and figure out what it is...

If one system is just not working Stop !!!! then change it up, add a layer of tape , subtract a layer of tape, switch stones, switch strokes, but change something, heck I remember one of the guys used to go strop the razor then go back to honing

The more razors you hone the more you are going to learn, BTW the first thing to learn is that there are no set rules in honing razors, if you stay in the same box, you can only hone the razors that fit in that box