Thread: Josh's Honing

Originally Posted by Joe Chandler

Hell, I gotta pay for the $1k worth of honing equipment I have somehow. Practice makes perfect, and there are some good 'uns around here to live up to.

1k???? what did you buy??? I get the feeling that my honing on a nortan and coticule are not going to stand up to all the stuff you and Lynn have...and if thats the case, I dont care how much I enjoy or take pride in it, I want the best edge possible...even if I have to have someone else do it lol, cause I sure am not investing that much into it

Well, I didn't get it all at once. lol A Norton here, an Escher there...
Do I need all that stuff? No. Am I glad I have it? Oh, yeah. Different blades respond to different things. Plus, I knew I was in this for the long haul, so I figgered I'd get good stuff right off the bat. And not all my honing stuff is for razors. I do a lot of knife sharpening, too, and I had a lot of it before I ever got into razors. So $1k is about right. And that doesn't include the hundreds of razors I've bought, or the hundreds of hours I've spent perfecting my technique. I told ya...I love this stuff!

Joe, you're just intimidating poor Josh now. $150ish should get him up and running without any problems. Josh, this is what I'd do if I were in your shoes:

1) Get a pasted paddle strop from Tony and 1.0, 0.5 and 0.25 micron pastes from classicshaving.
2) Try touching up just ONE of your blades. With guidance from Tony and Randy, it won't take much for you to get it up to snuff. Cost: $80ish
3)Once you build up your confidence for touchups, you can get a practice blade and a Norton and hone one blade from scratch. The Norton should run you about $70

Baby steps Josh, baby steps

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Joe, you're just intimidating poor Josh now. $150ish should get him up and running without any problems. Josh, this is what I'd do if I were in your shoes:

1) Get a pasted paddle strop from Tony and 1.0, 0.5 and 0.25 micron pastes from classicshaving.
2) Try touching up just ONE of your blades. With guidance from Tony and Randy, it won't take much for you to get it up to snuff. Cost: $80ish
3)Once you build up your confidence for touchups, you can get a practice blade and a Norton and hone one blade from scratch. The Norton should run you about $70

Baby steps Josh, baby steps

Certainly didn't mean to intimidate the man. As I said, I don't really need all the stuff I have, and a lot of it is for knives rather than razors. You can certainly get by with just the Nortons and a pasted strop. Of course, if you'd rather keep on keeping on, and send 'em to me, that works, too.

Originally Posted by Joe Chandler

Certainly didn't mean to intimidate the man. As I said, I don't really need all the stuff I have, and a lot of it is for knives rather than razors. You can certainly get by with just the Nortons and a pasted strop. Of course, if you'd rather keep on keeping on, and send 'em to me, that works, too.

Don't worry, I cannot imagine attempting to hone my wedges in the near future, no matter what anyone says. I only have two non wedge razors at this point and both are full hollow 8/8 friodurs...and only one of those could be readily replaced, so I think you have some job security for a while Joe Of course..that means you have to learn to like honing wedges because they make up the bulk of my small collection.

I wonder, on another note, whether Josh holds some sort of record for the most forum polls devoted to one person?

Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer

I wonder, on another note, whether Josh holds some sort of record for the most forum polls devoted to one person?

I doubt it, but I wonder if I hold a record for creating the most forum polls?

Speaking of records and posts...where is my blabbermouth lol? It never appeared

Originally Posted by JLStorm

I doubt it, but I wonder if I hold a record for creating the most forum polls?

Speaking of records and posts...where is my blabbermouth lol? It never appeared

You certainly hold the straightrazorplace forums record.

Originally Posted by JLStorm

I only have two non wedge razors at this point and both are full hollow 8/8 friodurs...and only one of those could be readily replaced, so I think you have some job security for a while Joe Of course..that means you have to learn to like honing wedges because they make up the bulk of my small collection.

Hmm....we might hafta do some more trading in the near future. lol

Originally Posted by Joe Chandler

Hmm....we might hafta do some more trading in the near future. lol

Well I am running out of razors I would part with, but I would certainly consider paying enough for one of your restorations so that you could buy your own NOS 8/8 Friodur Especially if you happened to...oh I dunno...restore a nice W&B 8/8 or larger celebrated, or wedge with a barbers notch. For the time being, the W&B and very old wedges with lots of history and character are the only things I am interested in. Those types of razors seem to be right up your restoration alley though, so I think we can work something out