Thread: My Journey in Learning to Hone

Originally Posted by rodb

Same here, I probably saved a few blades that way when I starting out.

I wish I could find the thread on the brand new Boker that someone killed by honing

If it is the thread I am thinking of he said he killed three of them but only showed pictures of one.
I taped for a long time to prevent that. Sometimes I tape to compensate for geometry issues, I am a really long way from anywhere, so my beginning to hone was partly due to the fact that I did not want my razor gone for over a month. In the beginning my honing was mostly touch ups, the on to bevel setting on very good razors. It is not rocket science, but it does go sideways every now and then when razors are not quite right, bends and twists and such. If you get to something you don't understand PM someone or post a thread. Early on in my honing I tended to PM people that I thought would know a good answer. I chose to PM because I was looking for one opinion and one correct answer. I knew if I posted a thread I would get twenty conflicting answer, all of which were potentially righ, but it is difficult to figure all that out when you are not even sure how to ask the question clearly.