Thread: Honing Success!

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

But going by his advice (Sham)...

I will stop you right there...

Sham doesn't know a single thing about honing, period, end of story. He knows a gazillion things about it. His knowledge and ability to get the best out of each and every stone is simply amazing. Honing is like an addiction in itself, much less the HAD. I foresee your bank account taking a few hits in the near future...

Naniwa SS 12K is definitely the next one you should look at.

Similarly, I recently got myself a set of hones (Norton 220/1k, 4k/8k. Lapped them Friday eve and tried my hand at honing yesterday. While the edges are greatly improved, I've got a bit more learning to do. Thanks for sharing your success! I'm looking forward to the learning process and it's great to hear from others who are learning as well.

"Per all the honemeisters' advice, I think I'm really getting most of what I can get out of the 8k; I'm not even sure how a finisher could have improved tonight's shave much, but I'll probably get one anyway, just for fun."

YES !!!!!
That makes two such posts this week that I have read, Congrats on getting it right...

Congrats Aaron! I'm not too far behind you on honing. I bought a Chosera 1K, and Shapton 4K, 8K, and 16K a few months back. My first trial was on a no-name $8 Solingen I picked up at an antique store in Georgia. I got it all shiny using my new buffer and then honed it up. Is it as good of an edge as one Lynn or Glenn puts on a razor? Of course not! But isn't it a great feeling to know that you can get a close comfortable shave off of something you did all by yourself?

"Sounds like there's a 12K in your future." "Naniwa SS 12K is definitely the next one you should look at."

Thanks all for the feedback, guys. I will probably get a finisher at some point, and I haven't even started with the naturals!

And I have to say it again, Glenn. It was mostly your videos (and Sham's advice) that got me through, including the little side-swipe at the end of your stroke, flipping the wrong way-all your habits.

Good to see you honing, too, Greg. I hope you're getting in some time with the fly-rod. Aaron

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Greg. I hope you're getting in some time with the fly-rod.

Unfortunately not - Hopefully I can get up to the Little Red, White, or Norfork in Arkansas this fall.

If you ever come to the western North Carolina mountains, I'll put you on some trout in some beautiful places (though they won't be as big as those legendary Arkansas browns (except maybe for this one place...)).

I drove across Arkansas twice this summer-the only thing worse was Oklahoma (sorry Sooners), and then, God help us all, the Texas Panhandle, Satan's back-porch (sorry, Texans, but thanks for all the beef!-you can keep the desert and the dust-devils).