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Jmchugh When should/did you start... 01-10-2014, 09:29 PM

edhewitt Probably 4-6 months in was... 01-10-2014, 09:43 PM

Birnando I started pretty much right... 01-10-2014, 09:54 PM

Laurens Good luck and enjoy! 01-10-2014, 10:23 PM

10Pups I started out right off the... 01-10-2014, 10:43 PM

pixelfixed When my 90 year old german... 01-10-2014, 11:21 PM

Jmchugh It sounds like a few months... 01-10-2014, 11:25 PM

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carlmaloschneider Almost straight (excuse the... 01-10-2014, 11:50 PM

edhewitt Wow so the Hellberg was honed... 01-11-2014, 01:43 AM

carlmaloschneider Yeah, seems so! I believe I... 01-13-2014, 11:34 AM

edhewitt No, you didn't, you forgot or... 01-13-2014, 11:58 AM

carlmaloschneider Oh OK OK, I FORGOT! happy? ... 01-14-2014, 09:16 AM

edhewitt It's ok Carl, stop being... 01-14-2014, 09:29 AM

carlmaloschneider Oh I thought I was being... 01-14-2014, 09:37 AM

edhewitt Well maybe a bit, I was... 01-14-2014, 10:23 AM

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Phrank Thanks! This was actually... 01-11-2014, 12:29 PM

Trimmy72 I started honing right away... 01-11-2014, 01:45 AM

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onimaru55 IMHO, you could start honing... 01-10-2014, 11:57 PM

Martin103 In a perfect world one would... 01-11-2014, 01:21 AM

deepweeds I started pretty much right... 01-10-2014, 11:57 PM

Mephisto I started about the first few... 01-11-2014, 02:16 AM

rbaker2778 Started after 6 months or so.... 01-11-2014, 03:57 AM

WadePatton Immediately as my razor was... 01-11-2014, 04:35 AM

rmagnus Pretty much right away. Just... 01-11-2014, 05:21 AM

RezDog It's hard for me to decide. ... 01-11-2014, 05:40 AM

01-13-2014, 11:34 AM #10
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Originally Posted by edhewitt

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

Yeah, seems so! I believe I did give it a touch up on the Shapton 16k before I sent it though; so that's clearly not detailed in the journal. If I did touch it up, it would have been 20 laps, which is my 'standard' for a touch up on the Shapton 16k for Swedish razors; I do 10 laps for the others. The Shapton is pretty aggressive...
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