Thread: When should you hone?

Hey everyone, I'm just curious how you know when it's time to hone you're razor?

So far I've just been guessing based on the amount of time since the last hone. Is there some other way to tell? I'm sure veteran straight razor people can probably just feel the difference, but that's not me at this point. The only real thing I've noticed is that after a while there starts to be slight tug when I hit thicker parts of my beard. Is that a sign that it needs to be honed?

I currently don't strop, just because I lost my strop in move and haven't been motivated enough to buy a new one. Also, I don't hone my razors myself at this point, I just send them out to someone who knows what they're doing.

Thanks