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    I wonder how many, who already have bevel setters and mid range hones, actually do just touchups. When I have a razors that seems past what I can get back with stropping, a look at 100x always shows some distractions in the edge that warrant going at least into my midrange hones. These distractions are usually not large enough to feel while shaving if I had just touched up with a high grit stone, so I'm not suggesting that everyone needs more stones than just a finisher, but since I have the more coarse stones, I tend to use them whenever a razor needs attention to get the best edge possible rather than just touching up.

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    Good advise given. I might add that if it is unknown whether the razor was originally honed with tape on the spine or not, just add a layer anyway. Should not hurt a bit as touching-up. The edge must be on the hone for relatively few strokes on a fine hone to work. JMO
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluesman7 View Post
    I wonder how many, who already have bevel setters and mid range hones, actually do just touchups. When I have a razors that seems past what I can get back with stropping, a look at 100x always shows some distractions in the edge that warrant going at least into my midrange hones. These distractions are usually not large enough to feel while shaving if I had just touched up with a high grit stone, so I'm not suggesting that everyone needs more stones than just a finisher, but since I have the more coarse stones, I tend to use them whenever a razor needs attention to get the best edge possible rather than just touching up.
    I usually would just bring a razor to one of my finishers for a touch up without looking at it through a loupe and if that didn't work that was when I went lower and brought out the loupe to see what the edge looks like, but not to long ago I decided to look at the edge of one of my razors in my rotation that shaved beautifully and wish I hadn't because the edge looked like a hacksaw blade. Even though it shaved wonderfully I felt obligated to take it lower just because of how it looked. I'm sure the razor would have shaved quite well for awhile still, but that edge just didn't look right. Sometimes I am tempted to just toss my loupes and scope because quite often they just turn out to be a PITA.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluesman7 View Post
    I wonder how many, who already have bevel setters and mid range hones, actually do just touchups. When I have a razors that seems past what I can get back with stropping, a look at 100x always shows some distractions in the edge that warrant going at least into my midrange hones. These distractions are usually not large enough to feel while shaving if I had just touched up with a high grit stone, so I'm not suggesting that everyone needs more stones than just a finisher, but since I have the more coarse stones, I tend to use them whenever a razor needs attention to get the best edge possible rather than just touching up.
    That is an interesting point. I may have to pay better attention to what I actually do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JSmith1983 View Post
    .......................Sometimes I am tempted to just toss my loupes and scope because quite often they just turn out to be a PITA.
    Quite a salient point IMO...I've always maintained that a loupe can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Especially for a new enthusiastic honer. Better to rely on feel and sound IYAM. I always wondered how shavers and Barbers got along before the use of magnification... .............Paranoia strikes deep.


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    Quote Originally Posted by JSmith1983 View Post
    I decided to look at the edge of one of my razors in my rotation that shaved beautifully and wish I hadn't because the edge looked like a hacksaw blade. Even though it shaved wonderfully I felt obligated to take it lower just because of how it looked. I'm sure the razor would have shaved quite well for awhile still, but that edge just didn't look right.
    I don't usually look until the shave starts to degrade for the same reason. I've had great shaves off of bad looking edges too, but my honing really improved when I got picky about what I saw in the scope and when I started sending edges to other people who I knew were going to be looking at my edges with a scope.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pahlavan View Post
    Dear All,

    if one had a professionally honed razor to start with, after a few months or so of use it dulled a bit and needed honing, would he need to set the bevel each time or even follow any progression at all? Could he just touch it up on 10 or 12k? Could this go on indefinitely on just one hone?

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