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Hi everyone:
- - - Heres a question about honing technique as displayed in the library. It says that the heel should lead on the stone. The question then is what is the "heel" ? Are we talking...

- - - I haven't yet figured out how to do that.

- - - Thanks Bob, I have approximately the same by my calculations. So then, it seems that approx. 11 degrees is what we should have when finished.

- - - To change course a bit, I have a...

Oops, 'scuse me. I meant to say that the angle of the leading edge on safety razors is extremely narrow. Why should it be any different for straight razors ? . . . . yet it seems that because the...

Hi : Glad to see that you agree there is no reason for the horizontal stabilizer to rest on the stone. Not a single person on the web has stated this.

- - - As for the angle, seems to me...

- - - I don't know whether it was shave ready when I bought it, I just assummed that it was not and went ahead with the 4000 and the 8000. The stones are brand new and flat and the only test for me...

Hi everyone: I would have started a new thread, but don't know how.

- - - Thus, this question : All straight razors have a thick spine that prevents getting a thin cutting edge if you...