I tried my hand at honing for the first time last night. I got an AOS-rebranded TI to learn on. By the way, those AOS TIs are gorgeous razors! I was very impressed with mine, and I really don't think it was marked up in price too badly (compared to classicshaving). It turned out to be a 6/8, which I wasn't expecting -- I thought it'd be a 5/8.

Anyway, I gave it about 50 round trips on a DMT D8EE and then another 30 or so on a Sypderco UF. I never got it to pass the HHT, but none of my razors (even the Lynn-honed ones) pass it -- I think because I have fine hair. It did mow down my arm hair pretty well though, so I figured I'd give it a try this morning.

It shaved very well! Almost no pulling whatsoever! I did, however, manage to give myself a nice cut on my cheek (which I very rarely do), so I'm wondering if the edge is still just a little rough? I think I'll probably give it some more time on the Spyderco UF and see if that cleans it up a bit.

But regardless, I got a great shave this morning from a razor I honed myself! I'm pretty happy!