I'd like to clarify my previous post:
The question whose answer I repeated above wasn't about thin vs. thick hones per se. Instead, it was about doing an X-pattern vs. not doing one.
Edit: I think it's also what Telly is asking here, though, right? It's not about an X-pattern on a thin hone vs. an X-pattern on a thicker hone, it's that a thin hone forces one to do an X-pattern, while a thick-enough hone doesn't. So it's X-pattern vs. no X-pattern (I think).
excuse the cruddy drawing.
The red thing is the hone, the darker red shows the size of a thin hone as a proportion of a big one.
blue line shows the travel of the heel on the hone.
if youre using the thin hone or the big one, the blue line is the same length. so wouldnt there be no difference?
I'd like to clarify my previous post:
The question whose answer I repeated above wasn't about thin vs. thick hones per se. Instead, it was about doing an X-pattern vs. not doing one.
Edit: I think it's also what Telly is asking here, though, right? It's not about an X-pattern on a thin hone vs. an X-pattern on a thicker hone; it's that a thin hone forces one to do an X-pattern, while a thick-enough hone doesn't. So it's X-pattern vs. no X-pattern (I think).
I'm not referring to the length of travel. I'm referring to the different time spent on the hone for different sections of the blade.
That's what I thought. Thanks. I have to work on getting a a better angle.you compensate x pattern with heel forward motion .
hope this helps .
Your all making something that is really very simple more complicated than it is.
Unless you hone the same razor over and over and over again every couple of days normal honing meaning touchups will not cause problems. Maybe after 20 years you might start to see some differences but as you continue to hone and if you start to see differences you just adjust your pressure in the problem areas.
Adding to what big said, we tell you to hone with light pressure for a reason.
I don't know how you would even gauge whether a spine is uneven.Uneven bevel has more to do with uneven spine than stroke pattern.