Thread: problem on the 1k

okay guys, that settles it. we need a meetup at my house!
lol. just kidding. but seriously, if there is anybody that lives in the Salt Lake City area I'd love to get together.

A "meet-up" with someone is a great idea. I've done it with AFDavisII here in Virginia, and it made all the difference. Learning this stuff, especially honing and stropping, by way of the printed word is very difficult. Seeing it done well in person gives you a model to work from. Having someone show you how the various sharpness tests work and how to personalize them is invaluable.

I used to restore fine old English smoking pipes to "like new" condition. I could write someone a letter and tell them precisely how I did it, but that doesn't mean that they would have "learned" those skills. Doing so takes someone showing you not just what is to be done but how each step is performed and when to move on to the next step. You just can't "tell" someone that kind of thing.

I know "how" to perform a great golf swing, but that doesn't mean I can just go out and do it. That's why there are golf professionals. Here we have razor blade experts and honemeisters. I'd get together with one. What I learned in four hours with AFDavisII has made all the difference.

Good luck!

I have a smoothing trick for the Norton 8k

After you get the edge as good as you think you can on the hone _STOP_
clean the hone, rinse the hone...

Now very very slowly and as with just enough pressure to keep the blade even on the hone (Butterfly's kiss pressure )
Start doing the most perfect X strokes you can manage, taking 2 full seconds at least from end to end... Keep doing them until the hone goes to just barely damp.. That will get the max out of the Norton 8k IME then do the CrOx or whatever your stropping plans are...

Try it with intense concentration on those 15-20 strokes I think you will be very happy with what happens... Keep in mind these is for after you think you have it as good as it gets...