I did my best at trying to hone my razor this morning. At first it was even more dull than when I got it. So I kept trying. I finally got it to be sharper than when I got it, but it still wouldn't cut hair just by touching it like gssixgun had his in his video. I went ahead and attempted to shave with it and it still pulled and tugged a little, but that could have been error on my part of shaving. I was feeling a little confident after I did my cheeks this morning and went for more. The next thing I knew, I had shaved my entire face WTG and only cut myself once. It was a small cut on my chin. I used a styptic pencil and it worked amazing. Needless to say, I think I am hooked on straight razor shaving already. I just need to find out how to get my blade sharp enough that I can barely feel it cutting the hair.