View Poll Results: How long does it take to hone a razor

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  • less than half an hour (I consider myself a good honer)

    8 18.18%

  • between half an hour and an hour (I consider myself a good honer)

    13 29.55%

  • more than an hour (I consider myself a good honer)

    0 0%

  • less than half an hour (I'm no hone pro)

    1 2.27%

  • between half an hour and an hour(I'm no hone pro)

    9 20.45%

  • more than an hour (I'm no hone pro)

    13 29.55%
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  1. 03-07-2009, 03:23 AM #1
    AusTexShaver
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    To get it to the shave ready shaving test point maybe 20-45 minutes including stropping.

    To get it to the point where I'M satisfied with the sharp/smooth tradeoff...well, I'll let ya know after I finish with the one I've been working on since last October.
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  2. 03-07-2009, 08:22 AM #2
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    Well last night I honed two razors.. one only took a couple of minutes to set the bevel initialy.. the other took about an hour or more and I wasnt carefull enough and dinged the other razor a bit so there I was setting the bevel again.. setting the bevel of the two razors took 2 hours this way.. Then I honed them up on the BBW and Coticule in about an hour..

    this morning I test shaved one.. stropped it a couple of strokes on CrO, then Linnen and leather and had the best shave with a razor I honed myself so far..

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  3. 03-07-2009, 08:30 AM #3
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    I hone with ti diamond paste and brought my razor back in a couple of hours after thinking I could buff it on a buffing wheel. "Not make that mistake again" But it really showed me how tough the Thiers Issard tempering process really is. The edge has never been better and I just about blunted it.

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