Originally Posted by adjustme69
It's funny how everything works differently for different people. The problem is that when new people come in and try to hone up a junky ebay razor on a barber hone from scratch, they get frustrated easily. I like having about 30 barber hones to play with as well and by shear size, they require a shorter stroke. Like everything else a short stroke panacea does not exist, but is an other alternative. What makes this even more fun, is that each razor has it's own characteristics and in many cases hones up differently and may require several different techniques. For the most part, unless you are investing hundreds and hundreds of strokes, the barber hones are not for a really dull razor. They do a nice job though on touching up a razor and the instructions on many of the barber hone boxes indicate that 5-6 strokes are what should be used to touch up a razor. What a fun sport, eh? Lynn