Thread: How often do you hone?

A razor needs to be honed when it tells you. If you have an average beard type you can expect to get probably between 10-15 shaves between honings. If you use a pasted strop you can probably extend that by a wide margin but eventually you will need to get it honed.

Certainly you can send it out to be honed. In the past all the rich guys did that. However most people learned to hone. Many weren't too good at it and probably suffered with terrible shaves and thats probably one reason why Mr Gillette was able to win them over.

Tony, MP was talking about Josh lol

I'm still using a Puma razor daily that I last honed back in April or May of 2006. It's still shaving great and BBS. And no I don't have a light beard.

I know, I know...but the poster asked, so I'm answering...


Scott

You really should be able to get 2-3 months on an average honing and then a light honing should be all that's required from then on.

Have fun.

Lynn

Originally Posted by adjustme69

You really should be able to get 2-3 months on an average honing and then a light honing should be all that's required from then on.

Have fun.

Lynn

Thanks Lynn!
I was beginning to think I was some sort of freak
I usually get 2 to 4 months. No pastes, no touch ups!!



Mark

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

A razor needs to be honed when it tells you. If you have an average beard type you can expect to get probably between 10-15 shaves between honings. If you use a pasted strop you can probably extend that by a wide margin but eventually you will need to get it honed.

I hope I'm not displaying my ignorance too much but when you say 10-15 shaves between honings...am I correct to assume that would be a "touchup" session like the typical 5-6 strokes on a 8k norton or chromium oxide or coticule stone?

You're correct, Steve.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

You're correct, Steve.

Thank you.

I get between 40-60 shaves between hones with just a touchup every 20 or so shaves...for the touchup I use the yellow cod or pasted leather on a corion magnetic base from keith at hand american...the varience of amount of shaves between hones is related to the sharpness of the hone and the stroping technique before and after shaves...

I get a very good number of shaves before I touch it up with my TM pasted paddle. This has carried me for a long time although last week I had to pull out the hone for a Puma that needed more than the paddle could give. It is a good idea to learn how to use a hone. just my 2 cents.