Thread: He said he could sharpen a straight razor. He couldn't.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

A small honing session is in the works. I will get ahold of you as something is concrete.

Tom,
If you have room for another participant at your honing session, I'm chomping at the bit!

First on the list, Sir!

Congrats on the honing.

Getting to hone with the boss....y'all in fir a treet.!!

Well...A honemeester I ain't, but I think mebbe I can help some new guys.

Might get Jnatcat over to show us some Jnat stuff if he can come!

A lot of folks who are good at knife sharpening believe honing a razor should be easy. When they try shaving with a razor they honed, they learn that the two processes are different.

I can easily shave arm hair honed only with my 1k Naniwa, but it would tear my face apart if I tried to shave my face. I could shave off a Naniwa 8K, but only if I were desperate. For my tough beard and sensitive face, 12K and higher is where I want to be. I like to use 0.1 micron CBN spray (around 160K grit) for final polishing of my edges.

I have a nagura stone which I used on the 12K for polishing. The edge came off of that with a mirror finish. I was surprised and more than a little happy.

Can you describe the nagura?

My Nagura stone