Quote Originally Posted by DoughBoy68 View Post
I have read on here that some guys have maintained a razor for years using a regular leather/linen strop and barber hone only. It seems to me the most cost efficient way to maintain a razor and I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work.

As an experiment I'm thinking of dedicating a razor specifically for maintaining using regular leather/felt strop and barber hone only.
It certainly will work. I did exactly that for nearly 10 years. I only had a Swaty and Carborundum 102 before finding SRP and learning about many other hone options.

In order to be able to compare the differences between the hones, I continued to maintain a 7 razor set with nothing but those two barber hones. They continued to shave just fine for 10 years despite being kept in a gym locker room with high humidity.

I finally looked at them under a microscope after 10 years. The edges had some chipping, so the edges would not look like anything I would send to anyone, but they still shaved just fine.

This razor stuff does not need to be complicated!