Search:

Are you saying you're dividing the Blade thickness by the height measured from where the shoulder hits the hone and then hitting your tangent button??

Lynn

Oh well.......I don't use the 1.0 either.......and I still don't do more than 10 strokes on the .5 but I can't be honing anywhere near as many as you. The part of all this is what causes all the...

Wowza.....you'se guys is killin me......I'm ok with the 15 to 17 degree angles and these are basically based on the razor geometry itself in any case. Please keep measuring......lol. I have used the...

I find that new guys honing usually only tape because they wear down the spines so much trying to get an edge. It really is not necessary on most blades. It does work when you want to preserve a...

There really is no reason to tape a spine when honing unless you are protecting a spine with a pattern like Damascus or have a lot of steel to remove as with a chip in the edge. The angle of the edge...