Thread: Honemeisters Secrets

That's awesome

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Don't tell that guy who "can't get HHT with his hone" that he needs to try it with the razor instead ......

I knew I was doing something wrong.....

This is really a good thread. Funny too. I agree with the bevel part. Once the bevel is done I would say the secret from there is learning how to hone without using any pressure. Simply being able to repeat a stroke without using any pressure is important.

This is one reason I prefer not to focus on "stickion". Now that I accept the value of honing without pressure, I also value the damage associated with feeling stickion.

One big difference in honing for me was that during the first 4-5 years of learning I knew the value of honing without pressure, but it wasn't until a few years later that I genuinely accepted it and developed confidence that it would work, which usually takes a few identical pressure-less strokes. Without a few identical strokes following each other it was easy for me to assume it wasn't all that critical (because it didn't immediately work).

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Jimbo.Little damage My AZZ this was my first Honing attempt,3 yrs ago,am getting better tho

That'll buff right out

Originally Posted by onimaru55

I never thought tape would be enough to hold the broken pieces together.

Dont be so cheap, buy the good stuff, works like a charm!

May be that this is off topic, but I've noticed I get stiction on a Norton 4k at just about 40 strokes. Something else happens at right around 40 strokes too...the stone needs wetted. If I really put a big pool of water on there, then I don't get stiction til 60 strokes. If I put very little water on it, I can get stiction at 20 strokes. Hone through it without re-wetting, and the stiction disappears. So I wonder is it the last bit of water following the law of gravity, that causes stiction at 40 strokes. Or something else.

I'm not really asking a question. It's just something I noticed, and thought maybe it was worth mentioning. Maybe I've presented it well enough for someone to test what I'm saying, and tell me they think I'm full of it, or I'm on to something. Who knows.

Another thing we should be entertained by is how many different ways the word stiction is spelled in this thread.