Thread: Touch Up Hone

Longhaultanker, thanks for the input and sharing your journey. I enjoyed the read and very much admired your collection! It is nice to hear of another who jumped in, not with both feet, but head first! I was planning on getting a GD or two when I make the hone purchase. As you said, if the blade gets ruined, in the trash it goes!

Originally Posted by Robini

Longhaultanker, thanks for the input and sharing your journey. I enjoyed the read and very much admired your collection! It is nice to hear of another who jumped in, not with both feet, but head first! I was planning on getting a GD or two when I make the hone purchase. As you said, if the blade gets ruined, in the trash it goes!

I now have 4 GDs. The first 2 are among my sharpest, smoothest edges. They got so much hone time early on. Now only the occasional touch up. Still working up the latter two. I've only had them about six weeks. Being on the road so much, not much home / hone time. Even if you mess them up, another project to learn to fix. The only razor I've seen so ruined was the recent Mastro Livi he talks about. What a dumba$$.

A Gold Dollar is fine but I would recommend that you get one that has been checked and had the geometry corrected (probably needed) from a hobbyist since you're learning to hone. I reject about 30% of them for my own use as test razors. There's little or no quality control on them and one that's warped, bent, severely overground at the heel or toe will not help you learn how to hone most conventional razors. Learning how to deal with these kinds of problems is a good thing to know, but it isn't honing 101.

Cheers, Steve

If you ABSOLUTELY Have To Buy A Made by the C.H. Ina razor, you might try one of these. I've honed three of them for some guys and none of them had any real problems.

ZY China Shave Ready Straight Razor HRC60 Stainless Steel Handmade Extra Sharp

They also have some that are a bit different as the heel isn't rounded but I'd stay away from those.

Originally Posted by Longhaultanker

The only razor I've seen so ruined was the recent Mastro Livi he talks about. What a dumba$$.

I seem to be missing some context.

Who is "he?" Who is a "dumba$$?

Originally Posted by Utopian

I seem to be missing some context.

Who is "he?" Who is a "dumba$$?

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