Thread: Does anyone just use hones and strops

I am very new to refreshing and am just starting to hone. I have found (even with professionally honed razors) that the shave is mellower after a few uses, i put it down to the stropping, and use. I only use a leather strop, i have a fabric one that i used a bit but dont really any more, and a selection of naniwa/chosera hones and some slates.

I've gotten better than i expected at honing and the edges i set last a sufficient period of time. I am fortunate that i was given a very nice natural stone that allows me to maintain such an edge but I do remember prior to getting it, that pasted strops were very helpful in prolonging the edge.

I do still use the pasted strop if I'm travelling since it's a small hanging one and it rolls up to a small size.

I use pixie dust but other than that just rocks n strops

Yes just Strop after Barber Hones or some natural finishers...works great for me....

I use USPS (the Post Office) and send my SRs to a professional when they need honing. I'm still and amateur at shaving my face with a SR, I'm not interested (yet) in learning how to hone one of my babies, especially since with 5 in rotation, they only need it every six months and I figure at the beginning, I'd be doing it badly and sending them out to be re-honed anyway.

Plus for the $100 or so it costs me per year for 4-5 of them to be honed, I could barely get a start on Hone Addiction Disorder.