Thread: Some thoughts on "Learning to Hone"

"Get some Crap Razors and learn to hone"

My new mission:
Every time somebody says this, I have to ask why??? why would we as experienced people keep telling newbs "Get some crap razors to practice honing on" When anyone who hones razors know for a fact the easiest razors to hone are the ones that are either New/NOS, or that are just beginning to dull out...

The single toughest thing for a Newbie honer to learn, is how to set a bevel, so we tell them get a crap razor that not only needs the bevel set, but most likely needs real bevel work done...

The easiest way to learn to hone is this buy your first "shave ready" razor, then when it starts to go dull buy your second "shave ready" razor...
Now you have the perfect learning tools in your hands, a razor that has a bevel set and just needs to be re-touched and a benchmark razor to compare your work too...You also have some shaves and stropping under your belt so you can really tell if your honing is doing anything...

The only argument that I can think of to this scenario is COST and I never said NEW shave ready razors...

Edit: I guess you could say they have to learn sometime to set a bevel, but wouldn't that be easier too, after they had learned a bit about honing and what sharp feels like when you are honing up to it?????

This to me is almost like teaching a kid to swim by tossing them in the deep end....

Just something I have been mulling on for awhile and my humble opinion...

What are your thoughts?????