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Superfly!:)

Absolutely outstanding graphic work! You have illustrated your point exceptionally well.

Good work,:)

This has been an intersting thread!:) Thanks to all for the contributions. Now I will set back and read it all again and get back to you all in a week or two!:) I hope we have not scared the new guys...

Straight across, heel leading honing strokes assume that the entire edge is making contact with the hone. This is something that must be evaluated for each razor.

Just my two cents

The most common honing stroke used is the X pattern stroke.
One reason is that it works with most of the blade shapes and accomadates most hone sizes.

The purpose of the Pyramid method is to provide a structure, a method, of honing that will allow a new person to obtain a shaving sharp edge. It has another goal of preventing the most common...