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I tape everything, well, almost. Not my Kamisori's. When learning to hone, IMO, tape. It keeps the spine from getting excessive or irregular hone wear. The difference in the geometry...

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Yeah, I used to have that Shelby GT 500. Just wasn't practical. Everything it was good for was illegal, immoral, or EXPENSIVE!! Here's a better shot of it....

How much pressure you apply, and how you apply it makes a difference. The type of pressure we're talking about here is not heavy. It's not bearing down on the blade with your fingers which might be...

There's an article here somewhere by gssixgun on 90% of the sharpness at the bevel set, etc. it's a very good read! But right now I can't find it.

Maybe one of the guys seeing this knows where it...

Well, you can overdue about anything honing. When you figure that 90% of the sharpening happens at the bevel set! Then sharpness has a diminishing return as you go up the grit scale. By the time...

The lifting of the edge that I'm referring to is when you bear down on a blade that has a lot of flex and it basically bends somewhat from the middle of the blade out to the edge. When that happens...

If you're talking about touching up a razor, then the pressure you mention can make a lot of difference. A touchup, not damaged needs very little pressure on the hones.

And, yes there is a...