Well, even though I have doing this for nigh on 8 months now, I have a razor that will probably need to go on the hone. I have a TM bench hone, which works great for the touch ups I need to do, but I think one of my raozrs has finally reached the point where that will not work anymore. I have the flattening stone and the Norton 4/8k, plus the aforementioned bench hone with 1.0 and 0.5 diamond pastes. I am ready to go - so to speak - with Lynn's DVD and the pyramid being printed out and ready for reference. I have tried about 4 months ago to hone a razor and unfortunately, I made it worse, which kept me from trying again for a long time (too long probably). SO... Any last bits of advice before I try this again? Other than whether or not I should put the black electrical tape on the spine? That is one I never understood, is it just an issue of a bevel or the lack thereof? Thanks for any other pointers anyone can provide, I hope I will do better this time. Sorry about the long whining post.