I got my first hone two days ago a Norton 4000/8000.Being new to straight razor shaving I did not have much confidence in using it.I thought that the way to go would be to buy a couple of second hand razors from Ebay and practice on them as I did not want to ruin the new ones I purchased in the past few months.The two razors I practiced on was a Bengall and an Eye whitness.I watched the videos that Lynn did on honing and followed them as best as I could.There is loads of information on honing but I decided to follow one chain of thought rather than being overloaded.Yesterday I shaved with the Eye whitness and today I used the Bengall.I found the shaves to be very good bearing in mind I have yet to get a finishing stone which will improve the shave.I am a very happy chappy indeed.Thanks all Dovahkin