Jimmy had mentioned recently that he has a honing journal. The closest I've come to that so far was creating an Excel spreadsheet blank and posting it on my bathroom wall above my strops to log info of when a razor was honed, what I used, any problems, etc. Needless to say I didn't follow through with that spreadsheet.

I need to start a honing journal. I don't have hundreds and hundreds of razors, but I was performing a much needed cleaning of "Razorville" ( which my wife dubbed the area of the basement I have for honing and detail razor work) and picked up a brand new TI Super Gnome that I received directly from TI as a replacement for a Super Gnome that was defective. I was certain I hadn't brought that new TI to a hone and I do recall it was nowhere near shave ready when I took it out of the box. Lo and behold at some point in the last year I honed it to near shave ready status (when I picked it up a few days ago it mowed down arm hairs when suspended above my forearm). There was an area toward the center about a centimeter long that wasn't as sharp as the rest (TPT and HHT) which I remedied today and will shave test tomorrow. Long post, I know, but.......I have no clue what progression and what hones I used to hone it to that level. Frustrating. I need a honing journal.

Chris L