View Poll Results: Do you hone your own razors?
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10-09-2013, 11:32 PM #1
I've seen your brushes,,,,maybe you should have,,,,,
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10-09-2013, 11:36 PM #2
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10-09-2013, 11:40 PM #3
I've gotten as far as a Coti with a Crox balsa board, and leather stropping board in order to refresh my razors...took me awhile to get all 12 professionally honed, and am going to visit a honemeister to learn first hand how to use the Coti and the refresh process.
Having said that, with 12 shave ready, and my refresher kit, it should be a long time before I need to send them out again...so no honing is in the cards for me...for a skill that takes a considerable time to get good at...I'll pay the pro's.
My two cents...
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10-09-2013, 11:41 PM #4
Some people like to make and eat chocolate chip cookies.
Others just want to eat them.
Whatever floats your boat.My father was an engineer. He used to tell me that sharpening a straight razor is like trying to build a ladder to the moon out of a roll of aluminum foil.
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10-09-2013, 11:47 PM #5
Everyone has good points for both sides of the coin...
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10-10-2013, 12:35 AM #6
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10-10-2013, 12:41 AM #7
I am not cheap about some things but I'm as cheap as you can get about others. Damned if I'm going to send my razor to someone else every time it needs to be honed or touched up. So I've saved lots of money by honing my own razors ........ long as you don't ask how much I have into hones ....
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10-10-2013, 12:47 AM #8
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10-10-2013, 01:29 AM #9
Honing (really learning to hone) is the apex of this righteous pursuit for me. I love the feeling of steel on stone, through the generosity of a mentor and friend, I have been fortunate to experience the ultimate so far: the Escher, that silky effortless feeling, still knowing something is happening at the meeting place between steel, stone, and mind.
Last edited by WW243; 10-10-2013 at 09:19 AM.
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10-10-2013, 01:48 AM #10
I have not honed any of my razors yet but I just bought a Naniwa 12k this week. It is on its way. I have one razor in my rotation of 4 that needs a touch up. I'll test out my skills on the 12k SS this weekend followed by a few passes on a Crox bench strop. Thankfully there is much guidance on the wiki and Glen's and Lynn's videos to help me get started.