Jamie
Member
My own personal version of the HHT.
I use a fairly long hair so has to create as little resistance as possible, and a very slow movement, this tells me two things one I can rule out my own pressure and downward force involvement in the test, and secondly by picking a longer hair you can also rule out the hair creating a greater resistance than needs be, so you can come to the conclusion that your edge has reached the optimum sharpness through your honing progression, I have seen loads of videos where it shows the HHT and I don't except their method technique or findings.
PS so there are two elements that I leave out of my tests, I see many people who use this test practice, number (1) a shorter hair thus creating more resistance means a less sharp razor will also seem to cut easier, and number (2) force and speed of movement which will also make a less sharp razor cut easier.
I use a fairly long hair so has to create as little resistance as possible, and a very slow movement, this tells me two things one I can rule out my own pressure and downward force involvement in the test, and secondly by picking a longer hair you can also rule out the hair creating a greater resistance than needs be, so you can come to the conclusion that your edge has reached the optimum sharpness through your honing progression, I have seen loads of videos where it shows the HHT and I don't except their method technique or findings.
PS so there are two elements that I leave out of my tests, I see many people who use this test practice, number (1) a shorter hair thus creating more resistance means a less sharp razor will also seem to cut easier, and number (2) force and speed of movement which will also make a less sharp razor cut easier.
