Thread: first time hone

Originally Posted by tdaugh

Thats probably a good idea, as this blade is my only shaver. Another related question... lets say a razor had been honed with tape and a person then tried to hone it without tape, or progressed as you mentioned and felt comfortable without the tape. Would there be a double bevel because of this? or would a person just have to set an entirely new bevel? I'm also curious what would be the outcome if this situation was reversed...a razor was honed without tape and then with it (accidentally). What might this outcome be? Your responses are greatly appreciated by the way

Go with Jimmy's recommendation for sure...he's been at this for "a month of Sunday's"!

The double-bevel can be removed when resetting the bevel, so don't worry about it. It WILL require more time at the 1K level of stone to remove all of that metal though. If you are sending it off to have it honed, you should let the honer know if tape was used or not as well as how you would like to have it honed. This will save them some frustrations... I have heard that some like razors with double bevels on them. That's the cool thing about our "sport", there are so many ways to arrive at a good shave!

One thing for you to know, most razors from the factory aren't shave ready. This is usually done at the distributor/store level of sales. You might consider sending that razor out for the first honing, because there are sometimes little intricacy's" that arise with brand new blades & it takes the first honing to straighten them out.