Originally Posted by
PaulFLUS
I wouldn't know one if it ran up and started humping my leg. I should know more about honing since my Dad owned a sharpening business but in fairness he didn't do much with razors. He mainly did saws and mower blades and other industrial stuff. Anyway I only have a few that I use for razors. I'm kind of a one trick pony with honing. I learned the 4k/8k pyramid progression and have gotten good enough results from it that I normally don't go to finishing stones. Perhaps I have not learned technique well enough (I doubt it's that I'm just that good with the pyramid) but in most cases it doesn't seem to improve it much. I do get good edges with it; ones I'm satisfied with and that last.