Thread: First time honing. Vintage Genco.

Originally Posted by MisterSensitive

I used mostly straight strokes. I did a few circles but didn't feel like my technique was good enough to use it often. Also did some x strokes here and there. I did use a fair amount of pressure early on and eventually used less. I'm not familiar with the magic marker test.

Now, thats a big problem! Not because you don't know what the test is, but because this tells me that you didn't read too much about sharpening here. The wiki is you friend, and a lot of things will be much easier if you read first, and only start to hone after. Saves you a lot of time, frustration, and razorsteel, and gives success and happyness in return. I am fairly sure that you will have much less questions if you learn the basics that are written in the wiki, and your learning curve will be shorter too.