Oh my no. It may seem that it is impossible but I don't use my second hand to guide the toe of the razor. When you read no pressure it should be read as no additional pressure than the weight of the razor. You should be using some pressure on the 1k - 4k hones and little to no pressure from 6k and up.
Here is how to build up the feel for honing. Fold the scales out straight in line with the razor. Grip the razor your thumb and index finger on the tang/shank of the razor. These digits will be doing most of the holding and some of the flipping of the razor. Wrap you next two fingers around the razor handle. If the razor's balance causes the toe to dip put your pinky on top of the scales, but if the toe rises place your pinky below the scales.
Place the razor on the freshly lapped hone, this should already be a little better. Now raise you elbow so that the razor is naturally held in the sweet spot for honing. In about 1000 perfect slow motion round trips this will be stuck in your muscle memory.
You have lapped you hones? If not you should, as uneven hones can cause trouble.
Wow that is not one to learn on. At least with out accepting that you are not going to do perfectly. When I checked this thread I was planning on encourage you to stick with it and learn to hone on the razor as you had already started. But I just can't emphasize strongly enough that this is not the razor to learn on. To find a pro to send it to check out the Member Services.Quote:
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Yep you can. I recently got done with a razor that has had so much bad honing done to it that I almost gave up on it.Quote:
Which leads me to my only worry. Since honing is removing metal, do you have to worry about having removed too much metal on the blade over time. The more metal has been removed the higher you are on the forged metal profile. For a singing blade are you not risking to ruin the original character of the blade eventually ?
Jonathan