Thread: My first attempt with the Thuringian success but bloody.

I got my new Thuringian and gave it a test drive. I was going to town on this hone and looked down a seen that I cut myself (LOL). Not sure how I cut myself, but I did. After a little first aid I continued to do my honing and found it easy to hone on this stone. The finial results were nice, it gave my razor a nice edge and it was a great shave.

Nice. What exactly did you do to get it sharp??

Keep up the good work.

Oh no, are we going to have to do our honing in blood to get the ultimate edge?



Glad you were not hurt badly.


I too have been holding a hone in my hand and nicked myself. You know it is sharp when you see yourself get cut and do not even feel it and then it takes a while for the blood to show up.

Did you cut the hand holding the razor or the hand holding the hone?

A friend of mine used to have a plaque in his office that read "No man is a complete failure in life...He can always serve as a bad example for others."

I will serve as that bad example once again...

I have occasionally repositioned a blade and cut my thumb on the heel of the blade. Don't do this, the whole point of sharpening a razor is to sharpen it, so don't press your thumb against it. Three times over the course of several years I have stupidly held a hone with my fingers above the top plane of the hone and cut my fingers on (wouldn't you know it?) the very first stroke. The safest way to hold a hone is in your open palm, with the hone simply resting on top of your palm. If you choose to hold the hone by its sides with your fingers, then keep those fingers below the top of the hone. It's kind of obvious, ain't it?

Originally Posted by Lynn

Nice. What exactly did you do to get it sharp??

Keep up the good work.

I put the black marker on the bevel and worked it on the Naniwa 1000 until the black marker was gone. I was using a 30x jeweler's loupe to make sure the marker was gone. Then used my coti using the coticlule progression method. Then 10 laps or so, and seen where I was then another 30 passes using X strokes with the Thuringian. No slurry on the Thuringian. I am very excited that my honing is getting better and my razors are passing the hanging hair test. I was about to give up because my honing skills were so weak. I bought some cheap razors to practice on. Have to admit two razors were trashed when I first started.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Did you cut the hand holding the razor or the hand holding the hone?

A friend of mine used to have a plaque in his office that read "No man is a complete failure in life...He can always serve as a bad example for others."

I will serve as that bad example once again...



I have occasionally repositioned a blade and cut my thumb on the heel of the blade. Don't do this, the whole point of sharpening a razor is to sharpen it, so don't press your thumb against it. Three times over the course of several years I have stupidly held a hone with my fingers above the top plane of the hone and cut my fingers on (wouldn't you know it?) the very first stroke. The safest way to hold a hone is in your open palm, with the hone simply resting on top of your palm. If you choose to hold the hone by its sides with your fingers, then keep those fingers below the top of the hone. It's kind of obvious, ain't it?

I cut the hand holding the razor

I'm a fairly clumsy person so collecting razor probably isn't a good hobby for me. I usually get the claret flowing in some way at least once a week. I was honing a frameback a little while ago and just rested a couple of fingers on the blade to make sure it made even contact with the hone. For some reason the blade stopped and my fingers kept going, landing on the hone in front of the blade. No prizes for guessing that the blade suddenly decided to move forward again cutting off some nice pieces of of skin on the top of my fingers.

Good job with the Thuringian. They are a very nice finishing stone and once you've figured out what honing regime works best for your face, then you'll get some really nice shaves.

I've cut myself on a sharp corner of a hone a few times. It happens because of the way I hold the razor.

I haven't cut myself honing YET but have cut myself on the heal of a blade when switching hands while shaving. It's been a good long while but then again; I probably just jinxed myself.

Congratulations on scoring a thuri and geting a good edge too. Feels good when things start to come together duznit?