Thread: Is honing like riding a bike??

Funny you know the old saying it's like riding a bike it's something you never forget.. Well my golf game is a lot worse then where it was 15 yrs ago.. If u don't keep at it you lose it.. I can still kayak with the best one em..so haven't forgotten that .. Just knock the rust off a lil bit.. So what about honing if u walk away for a period of time if u come back to it are your skills still there..or if u give up synthetics for Jnats and go back to synthetics are you skills still there.. What's ur opinion??

Depends on the rider ...........

I have periods when I hone nearly every day then will go up to a month without honing....like riding a bike, I still crash! But seriously, it comes back to me after a few minutes and that varies depending on the condition and composition of the blade.

Some razors are like bikes you occasional have one with buckle wheels a puncture and loose handle bars. :-)

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Depends on the rider ...........

OUCH!

To the op, yes, I say is exactly like that! 25 years accident free, one bad move/not paying attention/sleek road and spilled 2 days ago. Still liking my wounds! Which will make me a better rider in the long run. Hopefully for the next 26 years, however, I'm not counting on it. So yes is like riding a bike! You can hone 20 razors with success then comes one and stumps you!

Double O

There’s riding a bike, and there’s riding a bike in the Tour.

Honing a razor is not just about dragging a blade across a stone, but
1. Having good equipment and
2. Knowing what to look for and knowing what it is you are seeing means.

Yea , you can pick it back up and hone a razor, but like anything that requires manual skills, the more you do it the better your results will be.

I have always looked at many things like this.

It is like riding a bike, you can get back on and ride, but you won't be doing some of your old tricks right off the bat.

Well, how was it in the olden days? Did Grandpa hone every day? He probably shaved every day, but he probably had only one razor, which needed some sharpening every couple of months. I'm sure he didn't ruin his razor trying once every few months because he lost it in the meantime. He probably just ran it over the stone a few times, stropped it up, shaved and kissed his wife with his baby bottom smooth cheek.

Thats my 50cents.

Happy Honing,
OldSalt

I've recently had a three week period of time when I could not hone, strop nor shave with a straight razor because of a knife cut that required surgery and keeping it dry to heal properly.

I was concerned when I returned about the very question the OP is inquiring about. I found, quite to my surprise, that my stropping and honing were at least as good on returning to them, and maybe better, because I was taking my time and thinking my way through everything.

I believe it would be very similar to taking a break from golf the OP referenced. You know what you are supposed to do and what the result is supposed to do but the finer aspects of it mentally and physically have diminished to the point you likely won't play to your handicap the first time out.

But isn't that like everything we do that takes skill?