Thread: Chinese hones: am I wasting my time??

It sounds like you need to spend a little bit more time on the 8K and 12K between each shave.

New hones will not magically improve your honing skills. Spend more time with the hones you have and be patient in attitude and persistent in your efforts.

Now, to be useful. Try performing 10 laps on the 8K and 50 laps on the 12K between each shave. You should notice a gradual improvement in the edge.

Just my $.02,

Thanks Randydance that's what I'll do. I know that honing is not simple at all.

I was also very wrong on this one, I thought that I'm supposed to keep an edge at least a dozen of shaves before refreshing it..

Originally Posted by Dalton

I was also very wrong on this one, I thought that I'm supposed to keep an edge at least a dozen of shaves before refreshing it..

No, your not wrong. Try what I first suggested and if that does not work then drop back to the 4K. It just may be that the bevel is not fully developed. There really is no way of knowing at this point so try the least aggressive method first, 8K & 12K, then if that does not suffice you will need to drop back to the 4K and refine that bevel.

Hope this helps,

If you are gettign good shaves then i wouldent call it wastign you time.Thats what its all about.

interesting ready guys, i have a 12k on its way right now and really cant wait to have a finisher above my barbers hone . . . should be here any day now . . . with some other stuff. .. . . . just dont tell my wife, lol

Originally Posted by randydance062449

No, your not wrong. Try what I first suggested and if that does not work then drop back to the 4K. It just may be that the bevel is not fully developed. There really is no way of knowing at this point so try the least aggressive method first, 8K & 12K, then if that does not suffice you will need to drop back to the 4K and refine that bevel.

Hope this helps,

So, if I get this right, I will have to improve the structure of that edge periodically, by using a few strokes on the 8 and 12k, between each shave, instead of trying to do the whole thing again from the beginning (?)

If yes, that sounds a very interesting method and I'm so excited to try!

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

If you are gettign good shaves then i wouldent call it wastign you time.Thats what its all about.

The thing is that I've noticed that those unknown stones are not the 1st, not even the 2nd choice of the members here in the forum, and there must be a reason for that, so that's where my suspicions came from.

I was in Bermuda studying the hones in the Bermuda Museum collection. I'll be writing an article for their magazine soon! Hones, to me, are where mineralogy, technology, tools, and history come together. Just LOVE it! Give me a call and we'll talk, 508-842-7132.

That is so cool, I'm looking forward to reading this article!

Originally Posted by Howard

I was in Bermuda studying the hones in the Bermuda Museum collection. I'll be writing an article for their magazine soon! Hones, to me, are where mineralogy, technology, tools, and history come together. Just LOVE it! Give me a call and we'll talk, 508-842-7132.

That sounds interresting. Please let us know when the article is finished, and where we can read it