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To the OP

Pick a system and stick to it until you have repeated success :)

I just read through this and thought "Whoooooo Hooooo let's confuse the new guy"

Truth

You learn to hone from the top down not the bottom up

So many guys new to honing start at the bevel set and try and learn to hone often with suspect razors this makes the whole process...

Hmmmmm not sure what you are saying here, The stabilizer / shoulder should not be involved with this at all, if it is touching the hone it needs to be knocked down first, otherwise it is going to...

Also I should mention

I doesn't matter how many razors I have honed over the years, if in doubt as to what the edge is doing I still find the MMT (Magic Marker Test) to be invaluable to find the...

Don't overthink it, Watch the Ripple, or as I used to always say "Ride that wave to a sharp edge" it all self corrects if you just do that, regardless of razor, geometry or even stone used,, The...

Sometimes I wish we had never made up all those stupid names of strokes back then, and I am as guilty as the next guy as a few are my inventions. :( I think they lead to people following the stroke...