Thread: First time Mentoring someone

Well done. I've often found it pretty useless to hand someone a razor and stone to teach him how to hone. I can make corrections, that is helpful, but they won't learn the skill right off, because it's based so heavily in practice. It's like handing someone a guitar and hoping they'll get it.

Watching you for a bit is a great start.

The main thing they learn doing it themselves is just how hard it really is.

I think you started on the right path, showing him the stones and progressions, and reasoning behing the various strokes. All very helpful.