Thank you for sharing. The best way to get people into this is to have good mentors. Anyone who is willing to spend their time sharing their experience should be encourage. But they should also be open for constructive feedback. I am not referring to any of these references, but there is some misleading information out there.
I dont know any of us here who aren’t willing to help once the call goes out. The first step is asking for help early.
and since there are many paths to success in addressing an issue, honers need to make sure they understand what their method will entail and if they are good with that resultant look and feel.
certain members have their own style of finessing an edge into shave readiness, and we all know who’s who for the most part. Pretty much certain we all agree to disagree so homework must be done.
after a decade of successful honing, i’ve never really felt the need to so the method described, is that the wobble test and fix? Just some rolling x strokes or thin hones and the job gets done.