Thread: Razor honing videos

As most of us do, I flick through a lot of the YouTube honing videos, especially naturals. What irritates me, and I'd be interested if others felt this way is the atypical video showing amazing natural stones worth thousands, with people honing gold dollars, or cheap junk razors. I'm not looking to trash any makes of razor, I simply think it would a whole lot more meaningful to hobbyists to see the honemeisters hone a razor, that is a nice brand new, say, Thiers Issard c135 7/8, hone it from the box to the bathroom. I would take more interest if there were consequences to the honing video. I hear pro's saying the process is the same. Sure it is, but if you're just an average bloke with a dozen razors, and a progression of hones, and your wife gives you a new razor for your birthday worth $400 bucks and you go to your hones to get it ready, there are very real consequences to what you do to this terrific new razor. Your hand might tremble as your getting ready. Not all of us hone for a living, and there are real and horrible consequences of wrecking the razor. Show us some videos of honing razors, that are not throw aways. I love looking at lovely jnats, but I'd like to see people hone a razor that you must take care with, that is important not to screw up. No one stone hone rubbish, just do a honing that is related to reality. I don't care so much about how much the stone costs, but I am interested in seeing how it hones a razor that isn't junk.