Quote Originally Posted by tintin View Post
I like to think of my stopping as putting pressure on the spine (enough to make good contact) and letting the edge trail behind. I can tell by the sound how much pressure is on the edge and adjust accordingly. Just a light whisping sound is what i aim for.
Perfect way to put it thank you! I was putting light pressure on the spine which wasn’t contacting the leather much making the edge itself take all the brunt of me torquing the edge down. Making a loud hisss sound indicating the burnishing and blunting of the shaving edge wooops!