Thread: Tested with Coticule Razor Honing, fine linen Strop.Toilet paper cutting test.+HHT.

On one hand I will say that I never saw my Dad use magnification while honing. In the days before good optics were available honers (mainly barbers I'd say) managed to get their razors where they needed to be without it.

On the other hand, for thousands of years people crapped in a hole in the ground. Just because we used to do things doesn't mean that we shouldn't use the best available tools now. However it is a good exercise to know how to achieve best level results without them. It's sort of like primitive camping: It's good for the challenge but not comfortable.

I had never seen this method and didn't quite understand at first until some of the language/translation obstacles were cleared. I must say that I admire the OP's efforts to communicate his point in spite of the difficulty. I would also agree that each person has the way that works best for them. As mentioned the hair shown originally being very coarse could effect the HHT. Being from Taiwan I assume you are east asian. I have heard from barbers that east Asian hair is much different than Caucasian hair and snaps when cut and can stick in the flesh like a spear. That would tend to make it pass the HHT easier. Also each person and each race's skin is different. My son is a carrot top redhead and has very dense and very VERY coarse hair but he also has very sensitive skin. He has to use baby laundry detergent to keep from getting a rash. This makes shaving uncomfortable for him. I always tame the edges for him because the wicked keen edges I like and need abrade his skin. This says to me that even if this test meant your edge was not as sharp as it could be it may work better for you than for someone like me with the alligator skin and the ultra fine silky beard. Edges I use might exfoliate and irritate your skin....

At the end of it all getting a good comfortable shave is the key. I will however say that the stropping technique you show baffles me. I don't understand it but I also don't understand a lot of things that apparently work well so if it works for you then more power to you.