Thread: Sharpening/Honing with a Chef's Choice Diamond Hone Sharpener?

Unlike a knife, a razor's proper edge angle is built into the geometry of the blade itself. The razor's blade becomes it's own sharpening angle guide. When a razor is laid flat on a hone, the edge angle is set by the thickness of the spine and the width of the blade. That's why a flat hone can be used to sharpen any width razor. A razor's blade geometry is really rather an ingenious solution to enable lifelong sharpening with a flat hone yet maintain a relatively constant and sharp edge angle as the years pass. A razor's blade is a well thought out tool that uses a simple principle that endures, turning a grooming task into an enjoyable hobby.

Originally Posted by souschefdude

I have seen Barbers hones in real nice shape go for cheap on eBay, picked up 3 myself.

In case #1 and 2 fail on you?

Originally Posted by edhewitt

In case #1 and 2 fail on you?

Tehehehe
I bought the second for a coworker, but it was in such nice shape I decided to keep it myself and offer to hone his razor when he needed it.
The third I bought for my brother, but it is also so nice, I may just do his touchups myself.

My name is souschefdude, and I have a problem.

Originally Posted by dadsavage

While you shop for rocks you might want to see if you can get your edge back to working keenness on some newspaper. If that fails you could add some compound. 10k diamond paste or Cromium Oxide, something like that. Not to put off buying a hone, but if you can keep shaving in the interim you can relax, and take your time coming to a decision.

I'm actually going to have a member on here hone it for me. I'm not going to rush too much into it. I'll have someone do it right while i look for the proper tools.

Ok, so water squirted though my nose when the picture popped up on the “Chef’s Choice” Google search.

Here at the local Farmers Market there is a guy in a trailer “sharpening knives” I can hear the grinder/belt sander going in the bowels of the trailer as I walked by.

He came out with a beautiful long Carbon Steel knife with a gorgeous custom maple burled handle and held up the knife and proceeded to show the lady how well her knife now sliced paper.

She was dully impress and made gushing noises.

I felt sick.

Wise choice, sending it out.