Thread: FAQ: Why do certain razors require more honing than others?

Originally Posted by Jimbo

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The honing medium will also determine how much honing is required, I believe. Or are we making the assumption that a Norton waterstone is being used?

I dont think assumptions should be made at any point in these FAQs

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Also, I'd question whether, for a newbie FAQ, there's a need to get into the gory matallurgic details. If people are interested in alloys, temperatures, etc. they can start a new thread somewhere to get the technical details.

I cant second this idea enough.