Anyone else suffering from hairless arm syndrome?
I'm just getting into honing. I've gotten a 250/1000 Sun King bevel setter and a Norton 4/8K combo stone. So far I've successfully honed around six razors - everything from Swedes to Germans to Brits. In my learning curve I started doing what they show on the films clips... using my forearm as the testing ground for the blade.
Today I am officially hairless on my lower arms - but I can say that I now know how to hone a blade to shave ready. I tested two of them out this afternoon and got a great shave. One was a Bengal - the other a Heljestrand.
Now if I decide to take a step up to 10 or 12K - and recommendations? I've heard that the Naniwa stones are pretty good and reasonably priced...
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Anyone else suffering from hairless arm syndrome?
What I do to reduce this is to select 3 hairs to test my blade on (toe, middle, heel). This reduces the baldness and gives quick indication of progress.
No need to take a patch, you can tell a lot about how a single hair is cut.