Thread: Why an "X" pattern?

You're welcome, anytime. I know little, but have opinions on almost everything, thus my feeling that the X is used to balance the forces applied to the razor so the toe gets about equal hone as does the heel and that with the small stones barbers used it also gets the whole or more of the edge on the stone. ???, but at least it sounds good.

Jim,

Sorry. Have a read through this thread. Quite a few of the hone- and strop-meisters on the forum give their thoughts on the X pattern (and other related things). Someone asks a similar question to yours at about page 3, I think.

James.

(There once was a man from Carolina,
Who wanted to get his edge finer.
He asked on the forum,
But died from the boredom.
All he got was a post from a rhymer!)