Thread: Not sure what the problem is?

Originally Posted by pjrage

Out of curiosity, when you are test shaving razors you hone, are you just lathering up after you finish and doing a couple quick swipes to see where you are at? Or are you waiting until morning (or whenever your normal shave time is) and doing a full shave with the razor? I always envisioned the latter, but it seems like doing that could take a few days to a week to get a razor "just right" if you want to go back to the hones after each test shave.

I don't know what anyone else does but I wait until my next regular shave. If I am working that day it is before work and if I am off that day it is late at night.

I have heard of some guys testing more then one razor in a single shave but I don't do that. I go through the whole shave. If I honed a bunch for other people I might do it the former way. If a razor isn't doing it for me in the first pass depending on how bad it is I may hit it on a flatbed hone with chrom ox before the second pass.

Personally that is the only time I use paste. Between passes if necessary. I will take the razor to the hones the following day and try getting it up to snuff for the next regular shave. Just the way I am doing it now and subject to change.