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Yes, I too now believe, Side Honing or Vibration technique is what Iwasaki was describing, based on the amount of time described in the process and that there was no mention of re-honing, as one...

Yes, jointing is perpendicular to the stone and can be done any number of ways, typically I and others, lightly drag the edge of the razor on a corner of the stone (from the upper vertical side to...

So this is not Bread Knifing, the first thread covered the Jointing technique where the point was, to shape a straight edge first, then bring the bevels to meeting at the new edge. True Bread Knifing...

Yes, in about 10-15 strokes, using a 5-10 mm stroke, depending on the grit, higher grits are more easily removed so I used a shorter stroke. If use in progression, you get the benefit of the grit...

Side Stroke, Side Honing, Vibratory or Vibration honing revisited.

First this thread, in some ways is not new, (some of this has been discussed before here), is a bit long and may create some...