Thread: How many people hone themselves?

I have no interest at all in honing from the ground up. As most, if not all of my razors are antique shop / flea bay specials, I send them out for initial honing. After that, I usually can do my own touch up honing.
My equipment includes a Spyderco UF hone, a vintage barber's hone, a balsa FeOx strop, a CrOx leather faced wood strop and your standard linen and leather strop.
Odd that as much as I like straight razors, I have never been interested in honing. I consider it a chore.

Originally Posted by Mike12345

I have no interest at all in honing from the ground up. As most, if not all of my razors are antique shop / flea bay specials, I send them out for initial honing. After that, I usually can do my own touch up honing.
My equipment includes a Spyderco UF hone, a vintage barber's hone, a balsa FeOx strop, a CrOx leather faced wood strop and your standard linen and leather strop.
Odd that as much as I like straight razors, I have never been interested in honing. I consider it a chore.

But like AFDavis11 said you hone.

Originally Posted by 32t

But like AFDavis11 said you hone.

True!
I always wondered if my fascination with straight razors will eventually lead to my honing from the ground up, that is, restoring a blade with chips missing, setting a bevel, etc.

Originally Posted by Mike12345

True!
I always wondered if my fascination with straight razors will eventually lead to my honing from the ground up, that is, restoring a blade with chips missing, setting a bevel, etc.

Maybe it will? Maybe not! But as said here before honing is a lot of times thought to extremes. A barbers hone or its equivalent should be included in anyone's arsenal.