Thread: How long does it take you to hone a razor.

If all I did was to hone it. and there were no chips, about 45 minutes.

The Time for Honing depend on various Things, how hard is the Steel, what Setup do you use, how good you practise is,
so i cant say a concrete time i need.
For Example, with my Setup (Naniwa Super Stone 800, some fast Vintage Coticule´s, a very fine and slow old Thuringian and
(if needed) a La Lune for Finish) a 326 Herder or a Red Imp 133 will need around 30-45 Minutes, some old and very hard french Wedge Razor take me normally more time, around one hour and more.

Being an inexperienced honer, I would say at least an hour maybe more. The bulk of that time would be trying to set the bevel.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Being an inexperienced honer, I would say at least an hour maybe more. The bulk of that time would be trying to set the bevel.

Bob

I feel like half my time is spent wiping and checking and taping and re-taping.

That and getting around the wall sometimes...

heck that's what keeps it interesting.

Myself I always answer this the same way every time somebody asks it...

Once the bevel is set, it takes me about 15 minutes including stropping..

The bevel set is where the difference in time comes in, that is where all the variables and about 90% of the work occurs... Might not be exactly the answer you were looking for, but it is the truth

Basically setting the bevel takes as long as it takes after that it is all pretty fun

Does using the paste they way I mentioned work at all? I guess it would amount to a bigger refresh as opposed to a honing since I didn't set any bevel?

4 days up and back, USPS sent to a pro

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

4 days up and back, USPS sent to a pro

Bwahahaha....I appreciate your technique...I share the same methodology!!

That was a good one pixelfixed...

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

4 days up and back, USPS sent to a pro

Heck yeah, not everybody has to or needs to do his own hone work. Some might not have the time, others not into the hands-on-wizardry that is can be. Not everybody is the DIY type and some of those may not have the "touch".

but mostly it's great to be able to pay folks to do work they enjoy doing.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Myself I always answer this the same way every time somebody asks it...

Once the bevel is set, it takes me about 15 minutes including stropping..

The bevel set is where the difference in time comes in, that is where all the variables and about 90% of the work occurs... Might not be exactly the answer you were looking for, but it is the truth :P

Basically setting the bevel takes as long as it takes after that it is all pretty fun

A much more accurate answer than mine. I was giving a ballpark average figure of my experience.