Here is an interesting selection of stropping and honing videos. Notice how the wrist is stable, it's all in the fingers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF6TGetSuVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3SmHL2aRjM
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Here is an interesting selection of stropping and honing videos. Notice how the wrist is stable, it's all in the fingers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF6TGetSuVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3SmHL2aRjM
nice find!
That guy is impressive: never even hear about this kind of movement for honing
Any idea what stone he's using there?
I'm going to practice the footwork. I think that is the secret to master stropping.
The foot work reminds me of how we were taught to get into the right position consistently , was know as addressing the target, for ISU pistol shooting. Same idea maybe, reducing variables?
Bob
I like the coin on the back of his hand... great idea.
I know nothing about honing, but I sure dig the honing vid. It just looks so right. (Without having any idea how right or wrong it might actually be).
This guy is obviously a pro in the first video, and it works for him, but in my opinion, lifting the razor, even slightly off the strop at the end of a stroke, invites the possibility to make a mistake and cause the blade to dig in and cut or nick the strop.
I am very careful to leave the blade spine on the strop, as when I was learning, quite a few times I lifted the blade at the end of the stroke, and caused the blade to catch on the strop.
So still for me it's carefully making sure the spine stays on the strop, and the razor is properly rolled at the end of the stroke. No speed for me, just careful attention to the technique...maybe after another year of doing this I'll get a bit faster!
My two cents....