Thread: Honing question.

Hey guys, I'm new here but I'm excited that i can hopefully learn from the best in straight razor shaving. I am currently (and painfully) learning to hone my razors. What is happening is when I hone them there is metal particles sticking to the stone (Naniwa ss 1000 grit) the weird thing that is happening is that it is only on the right side of the stone. Am i doing something wrong or is there a problem with my equipment or am I just paranoid. I apologize for my terrible grammar and bad explanation. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Are you hitting the shoulder on the edge of the hone?

I'm not hitting the shoulder, plus its not right along the edge. I'd say it a 3/4 inch in from the edge.

Yes make sure your not hitting the shoulder and did you lap the stones and how ling did you soak them

Yes, I lapped it right before using it and it soaked for about 5 minutes.

Do you have pics of the razors

hmmm.........when you lay the blade on the hone is it flat? Are you using electrical tape on the spine?

pretty sure the Naniwa SS doesn't require soak time, not that it would hurt it. More of a spray and go hone

i don't use tape and as far as I know the razor is flat. I will try to get pictures up as soon as I am able to.

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

hmmm.........when you lay the blade on the hone is it flat? Are you using electrical tape on the spine?

pretty sure the Naniwa SS doesn't require soak time, not that it would hurt it. More of a spray and go hone

I just like soaking out of habit i used nortons and those are thirsty

I'm having troubles uploading the pictures