Anton Martek, sitting on a pile of hay and honing an ax, looked up and grinned.
If the honing be carried too far, a "wire edge" will be produced, and this must be removed.
They represent their strops as having been "metalized," or otherwise treated with some kind of preparation that makes honing unnecessary.
Most men have the idea that honing is a difficult operation and should be undertaken only by expert cutlers or barbers.
If it sticks to the nail slightly, it is an indication that the honing has developed the little teeth which constitute the perfect razor edge, and that the razor is now ready for stropping.
The object of honing the razor, as has been explained, is to abraid and wear away the edge of the blade so that it becomes as thin as possible.
The object of honing a razor is to make its edge as thin and flat as a proper attention to the degree of firmness required will permit.
It has been asserted by some, that when once the razor has been ground and set, the strop alone without further honing or grinding is sufficient to keep it in order.
With this done, the operation is in general performed, and the wondrous difficulty of honing the razor vanishes.
Continue honing until the blade is sufficiently keen and free from nicks and inequalities.
We venture to assert, however, that honing a razor is at least as easy as stropping it.
Mrs. Wadleigh turned squarely upon the delinquent Cyrus, who stood, half-shaven, absently honinghis razor.
In this direction, near the junction of the Rhenoster and Honing Spruit, was said to be the laager of Spanneberg, and consequently a force under Colonel the Hon.
On the 4th the line was cut near Honing Spruit, on the 5th near Krugersdorp, on the 6th near Balmoral, when an engine was blown up and five trucks were derailed.
On the 21st this party was moved on to Katbosh Camp, a mile or so beyond Honing Spruit, where were stationed two companies of the Shropshires and some mounted Canadians under the command of Colonel Evans.
In the gloom of early dawn the train reached Honing Spruit Station.
But it was owing to the splendid fighting of the Canadians that the Dutchmen had found it impossible to close in round Honing Spruit, and the party at the railway station were enabled to hold out till the relieving force arrived.
While this gang of Boers were worrying the Honing Spruit party, another had attacked the Shropshires and Canadians at Katbosh Camp, and thus deterred them from going to the assistance of their brothers in distress.
The line on the north of Honing Spruit showed signs of their depredations, and on the western side the telegraph wires to Pretoria via Potchefstroom were cut.
Honing Paper-Cutter Knives Every knife, when coming direct from the grinding machine, has a wire edge which should be honed off before the knife is adjusted to the knife-bar.
The hone should be held flat on the bevel, and the motion should be a circular or rotary movement as well as up and down, and the honing should be done from one end to the other without lifting the hone from the knife.
After honing the knife for a short time (four or five minutes) the wire edge will disappear or get so thin that a small piece of white pine or other soft wood, if drawn along the cutting edge, will eliminate this thin wire edge.
The reason the above method gives almost a perfectly smooth cut is because a thorough honing removes most of the marks.
The main army, under Lord Roberts, pitched its tents at Honing Spruit, and General French crossed the Rhenoster to the north-west of the latter place.
Honing Spruit Station, about midway between Kroonstad and Roodeval, was the scene of his new raid.
De Wet shook himself clear, and with splendid audacity cut the railway once more to the north of Honing Spruit, gathering up a train as he passed, and taking two hundred details prisoners.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "honing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: aching; eager; hankering; languishing; longing; nostalgia; nostalgic; pining; wistful; yearning
