Thread: I'm Loving Honing

I love honing too. If you're old enough to remember the intro to the old "Wide World Of Sports" on Sunday TV ...."The thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat." That is honing IME.

LawsonStone,

I too find honing tremendously relaxing and satisfying.

I find it a real tonic when I feeling miserable; because of the need to focus on the task at hand, all crappy thoughts seem to disappear from my mind, leaving it happy and relaxed

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Originally Posted by PhatMan

LawsonStone,

I too find honing tremendously relaxing and satisfying.

I find it a real tonic when I feeling miserable; because of the need to focus on the task at hand, all crappy thoughts seem to disappear from my mind, leaving it happy and relaxed

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

Scotch works for this as well. Just don't combine anything to do with razors and Scotch.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

YuP,I got another one,and now i have two friends, And that only took 13 months.HeeeHeee

Friends are over rated.

Hey Lawson did ya feel that ?????

A little unsteady on yer feet, a little slip maybe???

Yeah Pal, that was you starting the slide Baby, right on down the slippery slope of HAD and RRAD how did it feel???

At least you have some friends down here at the bottom

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Hey Lawson did ya feel that ?????

A little unsteady on yer feet, a little slip maybe???

Yeah Pal, that was you starting the slide Baby, right on down the slippery slope of HAD and RRAD how did it feel???

At least you have some friends down here at the bottom

Hey I'm strong, I can handle it. I can hold more than most.

Wait--I see a new stone posted on the classifieds…and probably ought to add some diamond paste, but I don't have a spare strop...could order one...

Honing can be very relaxing.

The more you hone, the better you will get and the more it will drive you to continue looking for that perfect edge. It really is all about the shave.

Have fun and don't dwell on any one razor too long. If one gives you twubble, put it down until tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Lynn

Originally Posted by Lynn

Honing can be very relaxing.

The more you hone, the better you will get and the more it will drive you to continue looking for that perfect edge. It really is all about the shave.

Have fun and don't dwell on any one razor too long. If one gives you twubble, put it down until tomorrow.

Enjoy!

Lynn

Thanks for the advice. When I started a few months back, I set aside some vintage razors with (what seemed to me) sound blades for my "honing projects." I did a couple and now have about 4 in process, in parallel. Likely not the best plan, but once I have the stone all saturated with water it seems logical to take each razor through that stone. Plus I practice using the various tests for each stone.

It's fun, and it's fun shaving with a razor I've honed. I feel like I'm reviving a bit of history.