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Jimbo · 09-06-2008, 05:52 AM

Personally I feel angle is important too. I get better shave results, I feel, if the striation pattern is not perpendicular to the edge. Of course, this can be achieved by straight up and down the hone strokes, with the heel leading. Or, by X-patterning. Or both. If you angle the blade far enough, you can go straight up and down on a narrowish hone. But in effect that is just an X-pattern anyway, for all intents and purposes.

James.

09-06-2008, 05:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
Jimbo Pauca sed matura Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Maleny, Australia Posts: 3,639 Thanks: 358 Thanked 446 Times in 287 Posts	Personally I feel angle is important too. I get better shave results, I feel, if the striation pattern is not perpendicular to the edge. Of course, this can be achieved by straight up and down the hone strokes, with the heel leading. Or, by X-patterning. Or both. If you angle the blade far enough, you can go straight up and down on a narrowish hone. But in effect that is just an X-pattern anyway, for all intents and purposes. James. __________________ And a voice said unto me "Smile and be happy. Things could be worse." So I smiled and was happy. And behold, things did indeed get worse.