Thread: Complete rehone of an old razor

That's not bad, what I had envisioned was far worse. You may want to send that off to a hone meister and get a beater to practice with. Honing is an acquired feel. Definitely read through the wiki and ask questions when they come up. First thing is get a 1k hone, no reason to practice with anything else until it shaves arm hair at the skin level. You can remove a surprising amount of steel with one. Honing can be a little costly to get started but the hones will last a home honer a lifetime, either a naniwa 3/8 or a Norton 4/8 and once you get those figured out get a finer finish hone. You can get a great shave off a 8k.