Thread: Starting hone for practice razor

What type of sharpener should I use to create a shaving edge on my practice razor? It doesn't have an edge at all. I've read a few posts about maintaining an edge with a hone, but none mention starting out with a practice razor.

First, welcome to SRP. As for the hone, you'll need to set the bevel on 1000 grit hone. Once the bevel is set, you can move on to 4000 and then 8000 grit hones. The most important step is the bevel setting. If that is not set right, the higher grits won't help you. Spend time on 1000 and save time and agony later.

Coach gave you all the info you will need for hones. But if you are new to straights it is highly recommended that you get a pro honed blade before trying to hone your own.

Ok I'll ask

What the heck is a "Practice razor"

To practice honing??????? I dunno, That's what I thought he meant......

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Ok I'll ask

What the heck is a "Practice razor"

Its available at amazon: Amazon.com: Buffalo Horn Straight Razor and Practice Razor: Health & Personal Care

I guess a practice razor is a blade that's just for practicing the actual motion of shaving. And it also gives the user practice with honing and stropping... I think I'll take everyone's advice and look into an already honed razor before I tackle this project . I've seen a lot of conversation on srp about most factory razors not being "shave-ready"; where can I get one that's shave ready??

Originally Posted by creagan09

I guess a practice razor is a blade that's just for practicing the actual motion of shaving. And it also gives the user practice with honing and stropping... I think I'll take everyone's advice and look into an already honed razor before I tackle this project . I've seen a lot of conversation on srp about most factory razors not being "shave-ready"; where can I get one that's shave ready??

Where are you located? jasontg99 is bang-on with his recommendation, but if you're not in the USA there are other options that may be more local.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Ok I'll ask

What the heck is a "Practice razor"

One of those really light plastic ones with the holes in them. You can get little practice hones too, practice strops, practice creams (empty cream tubes) etc...

[EDIT] just jokes.

I think any razor worth honing is a razor worthy of shaving with.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I think any razor worth honing is a razor worthy of shaving with.

Bingo !!!! my thought also

I was honestly thinking how the heck do ya practice honing and the final outcome not be a Sharp / Smooth edge that feels good on the face Reminds me of that one guy that was offering honing on e-bay and bragging that he never test shaved the razors.. I asked him "How the heck do you know if yer getting any better if you don't test shave"

To the op, I am not making fun of you, the term "Practice Razor" just took me off guard