I know this might sound stupid, but I tried honing a straight razor with a ceramic rod and it works.

I was about to throw away several Pakistani razors that I got when I first got interested in straight razors. (It's the kind of mistake I made before I knew better.) These razors are junk, they are crooked, can't lie flat on the hone, and they wobble when you try to hone them. I could never get them sharp for the life of me.

Anyway, just before throwing them away, i thought that I would try one last time to get the razors sharp.

I took a ceramic rod that I use for kitchen knives, and started to run the razor across the ceramic rod, keeping the spine and edge of the razor against the ceramic rod at all times.

To my surprise, the razor got sharp, not scary sharp, but sharp enough to shave with. The scratch pattern is about the same as I would get with a 1200 grit stone, but it was enough to shave with. And it gave me a reason not to throw the Pakistani razors away.

I'm now thinking of getting finer grit ceramic rods to see if I can get better results. I have several old Wade & Butcher's that just won't like flat on the hone, and I think this could be the answer.

This might just be another stupid idea, but any comments and suggestions are welcome.

I'll post the results when I get the finer grit ceramic rods. Who knows, this might work, and the ceramic rods are way lighter and easier to store than the normal hones.