Thread: Does anyone else do this?

whenever i get a new razor in the mail, i pull out all of my other razors and hone them along with the new one. does anyone else do that? is that bad for my other blades?

I'll pull out only those in my "need honed" box. There's not much point in sharpening those that are already sharp (unless you really like to practice a lot).

It's only bad if you mind the faster wear on the edges.

I always evaluate a razor under magnification to see if it needs honing. If it is dull, I hone it. I don't recommend honing razors when they don't need it for two reasons. One is that you're wearing away steel and hone surface unnecessarily shortening the life of both. Second is that you always introduce a risk such as dropping the razor and causing a ding. "It's easier to keep your edge sharp than it is to sharpen your edge".

Unless they need honing, your just wasting metal and hone IMO. I only hone them when they need it. I have nine out in rotation now. When one of those needs a touch up, I'll take care of it, then make a note of what I did to it.

With about 100 razors that would be a difficult task if I wanted to do it.

Like everyone else said, you hone when you need to for all the reasons given.

If you get the RAD badly enough you will always have more in the to do box. As far as what I have already honed to shave ready, if it is working I don't fix it.

I use to do that with my hunting and pocket knives when I got a new one. Then I got too many knives, then I got to the "level" where I was on the verge of what my abilities and equipment are capable of. (Meaning results were always good, but I wanted the "best" results...and my definition of "best" got to the level where it would sometimes take a try or two to get it right.) I didn't want to take a knife with "best" results and take the 1:3 chance of ending with "good" results. Now in razors, I find that they're at their best (for me) after a shave or two so I don't have any incentive to keep them "fresh" off the hone.

Based on that, and what others said I think it's a problem that will cure itself with time


Wait, did I just call "honing" a "problem"!!!???!???

I usually wait till I have time to use it and then hone it up along with any others that I know need to be honed.

Lynn

I only hone a razor when I think it isn't performing as well as it could.