Originally Posted by
kwlfca
I would listen to everyone's advice here if I were you. I can tell you, as someone who's recently started to hone and can finally get an edge that will shave somewhat decently, my edge is still crap compared to an edge that someone more experienced can get.
In regards to two handed honing, IIRC Glen hones with two hands but only uses the second hand to guide. Speaking as someone who also uses two hands for the exact same reason as you described, pressure is something that you will have to CONSTANTLY be aware of. You need to make sure that your second hand isn't using any pressure...sounds obvious, I know, but it's REALLY easy to let your hands do their own thing instead of focusing on the evenness of your honing stroke. Your guiding hand needs to be like a feather, just hardly there, otherwise you'll wear the toe more than the heel and then you'll be wishing you didn't use your prized razor to learn to hone on! :P I wish you the best of luck. Learning to hone is a huge pain that is at times full of hours of backbreaking frustration (my table is low :P ) but at the end it's a sweet feeling when you get an edge that you can shave with comfortably!
Have fun!