Originally Posted by
jdto
I tried to learn to hone and I've put a shaving edge on a few razors, but I never got really good at it because I never really practiced. Once my razors were shave ready, I was just shaving with them. Then other hobbies pulled me away and, with the arrival of our son after several years of my daughter being an only child, spare time turned into a rarity. I still have my Nortons, Chinese and Coti and I plan on keeping them for the time being, but I am also considering building my rotation back up next year and having them all honed by someone who's a lot better at it than I am. Then I can maintain them with the 8k, Chinese or Coti (or pick up a barber's hone). I'm not really that into the whole razor rescue thing as I was a year or so ago, so being able to take a butter knife to shave ready isn't as important to me.