Thread: Touch up honing

After a good honing that makes the blade pass the hanging hair test is it sufficient to give it 20 or so passes on the green pasted paddle strop to bring back the edge?

Rich


“All good things arrive unto them that wait – and don’t die in the meantime.” – Mark Twain

IME normal stropping on an unpasted hanging strop linen/leather should be sufficient. If the edge feels like it needs it maybe 20 or so on chrom ox and test shave.

Thanks Jimmy! That's kind of what I thought. Anybody else with another thought?

Rich

“Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any” – Mark Twain

I would only say to try around 10 strokes first and then strop on leather and see what you have.

Lynn

I hone on a norton 4/8K and shave right off that, shaves should be comfortable and smooth at that level, the pasted strop is just going to make the edge more comfortable with a slight (Very slight) sharpness improvement that I find not necessary. For touch ups I just go 10 laps on a swaty or if needed a conservative pyramid on the norton. My coticules and such just sit there unused.

Nick I just got my self a barbers hone how would you rate the shave off your barbers hone? Compared to coti or your 8k norton ?

For touch ups I just go 10 laps on a swaty

What's a swaty?

Rich

“If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” – Mark Twain

Originally Posted by Richard

What's a swaty?

Rich

“If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” – Mark Twain

A brand of barber hone. The Swaty was very popular among pro barbers and has a real good reputation. Not necessarily the best ... maybe it is & maybe it ain't .... but a lot of folks seek them out and they usually cost more than some of the others.

Difficult to answer.After my honing I use only a strop without a paste, but my razor must pass HHT even after 5k

I found that the use of crox before stropping is no longer necessary. I use my hard balsa strop with crox only as a refresher for my razor between honings.
If you do need to use the crox before stropping though, Lynn gives a great recommendation of no more than 10 laps. This stuff is very agressive without any feedback.

Enjoy!

Ray