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Here is a good video of Jason Knight sharpening a large knife hand holding the stones.

He recommends using a large magnet to hold a diamond plate and hot gluing, (or use the masking tape and CA...

On a hollow ground blade, you will quickly see if you are using too much pressure if you ink the bevels and look.

Too much pressure will flex the blade and lift the edge off the stone, the back of...

To hone a toe, you will need to lift the heel. On a rounded toe you may need to lift the heel quite a bit to hone around the curve.

Muted spike points are another issue. The proper way to repair a...

You need to find a technique that works for you. I do not subscribe to the hand holding stone method. I hone with the stone in a Steelex rubber stone holder on a bench in a plastic food tray.

I...

First you can not equate freehand sharpening a knife with an X stroke to honing a razor, as you have in your initial post. A knife only has a single bevel contacting the stone and the bevel angle...

Yup, heel correction would have made the razor so much easier to hone and would have prevented all the damage to the Heel, Stabilizer, Spine, Frowning edge and Massive Wear at the toe.

The razor...