Quote Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider View Post
Almost straight (excuse the pun) away

I now keep a 'honing journal'. I was curious the other day to see when I last honed a particular razor of mine. Looking at the journal I noted that for the WHOLE of 2013 I had only 8 honing sessions for the 7 razors I have. This is what occured:

1st Jan
De Pews 10 laps Shapton 16k

3rd Feb
Wade and Butcher 20 laps Norton 8k, 10 Shapton 16k
Jernbologet Frameback 10 Shapton 16k

4th Feb
J A Hellberg 40 laps Shapton 16k

31st Mar
Jernbologet 10 Shapton 16k (light slurry), 10 Shapton 16k (no slurry)

9th June
De Pews extensive honing on Norton 4/8 to create even bevel, added two more layers of tape (to give three layers) followed by extensive honing on Norton 8 and Shapton 16k

21st July
Klas Törnblom 40 Shapton 16k
De Pews 20 Shapton 16k
Burrell Top Flight 20 Shapton 16k

10th Oct
Klas Törnblom 20 Shapton 16k
Burrell Top Flight 15 Shapton 16k
Wade and Butcher 15 Shapton 16k
Joseph Elliot 15 Shapton 16k

8th Dec
Son's Emil Kronenberg Sen 'Edgerite' Pyrimid Norton 4/8 (4k x 20, 8k x 20, 4k x 19, 8k x 20, 4k x 18, 8k x 20 etc to 4k x 1, 8k x 20 then 20 Shapton 16k

15th Dec
Klas Törnblom Norton 4/8 4k x 10, 8k x 20, 4k x 9, 8 x 20, 4k x 8, 8k x 20 etc to 4k x 1, 8k x 20 then Shapton 16k x 20

Interesting, isn't it? there's not a LOT of honing going on there. One razor (the Joseph Elliot) was new to the stable and the son's razor was of course his and not mine. Looking at this, many received only a touch up on the Shapton for the entire year. I rotate the 7 razors evenly (i.e. generally, they get used once a week).

Hope this helps, sorry for the long post.

Carl
Wow so the Hellberg was honed about 6 months before I got it then.