Well I've been shaving about a month now and my barbers hone arrived. Thought I'd try it out. It is a BOSS that I found on a vintage site and looked as though it had never been used. Even had the original packaging. I cleaned it using soap/water then lathered it up as seen on videos on utube, then 5 laps as described in the hone instructions followed by about 30 laps on a leather strop.

My shave wasn't exactly what I'd call bad before the touch up and I did notice a little difference after the touchup, but nothing exceptional. I've read here to do the touch up when I feel pulling and I've also read about every 20 - 30 shaves would work. There is a huge amount of information here on honing. Any advice for simple touchups.