I recently decided to not hone my own razors but to learn to do a good re freshening of them to prolong the need to do a full honing. My logic behind the decision is this. One: Refreshing an edge require fewer tools and less time. Two: Bluntly, I'm to old to start on a long process that may take years to come close to perfecting. I'd be the 98 year old that on achieving a 99% perfect hone would stand up, declare "Eureka!" and keel over.