The Real Secret to Japanese Kamisori Razor Honing on an Iwasaki Razor Jende Industries

Kamisori are traditional Japanese straight razors. There's a lot of mystery and lore around the proper way of honing them. Here we put all that to rest and reveal the real secret to honing these razors.
If you've visited any straight razor forum or group, you usually get the advice to hone the flat side to the bevel side at a ratio of 1:3, 2:7 or 3:5 or the likes. I disagree with this approach mainly because the clad steel on the bevel side is softer, and wears down faster than the edge steel, thus lowering the bevel angle over time and making it more difficult to hit the actual edge. To compensate for this, the trick is to simple put a little focus or "lean" toward the edge on the bevel side so that you abrade the core steel more than the cladding. Then you don't need more strokes on either side to abrade the edge. Simple, but I welcome debate.

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