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'Pull' honing vs. 'Push' honing
I'm new to razor restoration but not unskilled. I have a practical philosophy of whatever works is good.
So, I just finished my first re-scale in bamboo on this late 1800's, 4/8, Joseph Allen that I picked up for $5 with a broken scale.
I found the blade to be warped, so I learned to hone it using 'rolling' hone technique. Worked great for the smiling wedge, except for about 3/32" of the tip radius.
I started dragging the tip backwards on the 8000 Norton, and found every 'pulling' stroke would leave a nice black swarf line.
I could see exactly where on the radius material was being removed, and with rolling pulling strokes, got the tip very close to shave ready.
I am wondering if this is common practice? And what is the preferred term for 'pull' honing so that I might look up some threads with the search function?
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