Thread: Brand new to the world of honing

I agree with Chris here but I would just add that honing is something that takes practice. Whether you are using a balsa paddle with chrom ox (a good thing) a barber hone or a waterstone you need to get the stroke down and the muscle memory. For me practicing on ebay specials first while having pro honed shavers as a benchmark was how I went about it. If and when you get the waterstones some starter razors are a good way to learn rather than experimenting with your main shavers. Once you feel confident that you won't dull your main shavers you're good to go of course.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I agree with Chris here but I would just add that honing is something that takes practice. Whether you are using a balsa paddle with chrom ox (a good thing) a barber hone or a waterstone you need to get the stroke down and the muscle memory. For me practicing on ebay specials first while having pro honed shavers as a benchmark was how I went about it. If and when you get the waterstones some starter razors are a good way to learn rather than experimenting with your main shavers. Once you feel confident that you won't dull your main shavers you're good to go of course.

Well i have 4 razors currently so i will have one that ill be able to practice honing with. Im just not sure when ill be using it...how much water to add and whatnot. But ill figure it out...im gonna youtube some barber hone videos to see techniques