Thread: Trying to keep this cheap

Originally Posted by Mike_ratliff

This is the part of your post that caught my eye, and made my heart skip.
When you say flat, I hope you understand just how perfect you need this hone to be. I'm not sure how the blade will react when it crosses over the epoyx, but if there is the slightest flaw, you won't get the results you are looking for... and may damage your blades.

I would suggest posting a WTB in the B/S/T section for an inexpensive barber's hone, and save the broken one for your pocket knives...


Keep in ind that something as small as a speck of sand on the surface of your hone can chip the edge.

Thanks for the advice. After receiving Gugi's razor in the mail today I'm totally rethinking the whole hone deal. Since this is my first straight razor I didn't really know what to expect. However I now realize my barber hone will not work and is now serving kitchen duty as a knife sharpener. I now figure that I'm going to try this out for a while and see how I like it with the two razors I have now, then if all goes well I will spend some money and get a good Norton hone or something similar. Thanks for all the advice guys!

Originally Posted by joke1176

You will also note the fact that he looks particularly unhappy with his life at that point in time. Me? I say, embrace the various acquisition disorders, shave the face, hang out with teh nekkid ladies and be happy!

I noticed that too, lol