Thread: Touching up a "Lynn" honed razor!?

I think I speak for most of the forum members that have sent Lynn our razors for his midas touch in honing...what does one do when that perfect edge starts to fade? I can't afford to send Lynn my razors every few months for re-honing and right now I'm starting to feel the difference in my shave. I recently purchased a natural combo coticule/BBW and I've been trying to learn the art of honing on an old Clauss but have yet to get the practice blade shave ready. I'm hesitant to try to touch up my Wosti or Clauss USMC that Lynn honed for fear of making them worse.

Does anyone have a quick, simple touch up tip?

coticule with water, do 20 strokes and test. If it needs more, do another 20 strokes. Rinse and repeat

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

coticule with water, do 20 strokes and test. If it needs more, do another 20 strokes. Rinse and repeat

Do you know if Lynn sets the bevel with black tape and should I put tape on as well?

In general, Lynn does not use tape.

Im surprised Ron didnt mention it, but I will, have you thought about a barbers hone? 4-6 laps, strop and go.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Im surprised Ron didnt mention it, but I will, have you thought about a barbers hone? 4-6 laps, strop and go.

Sure, I often mention barber's hones, but he said he had just bought a coticule so I figured that he intended to use that.

With the coticule for touch up, I usually do 20 to sometimes up to 50 strokes with just water. If it needs more than that, I'll do 20 to 50 strokes with slurry, followed by another 20 to 50 with water.

Ummm - why don't you just ask Lynn?

Keep in mind that you can touch up on a coticule but you will make the edge a coticule edge and not the edge it was any longer (depending on what Lynn used for a finisher), so you may still think the razor feels different even though you touched it up.

Originally Posted by Alembic

Ummm - why don't you just ask Lynn?

I did in a PM but his answer was a bit vague for me...I'm sure he gets thousands of emails/PM's a day so he probably can only allocate a few moments for a response. I don't want to pester him.

Please don't let whoever honed your razor initially psyche you out of touching up your razor, in the end it doesn't really matter. Touchups are actually quite easy. Just remember what you've read here: even strokes, feather light touch on the hone. You'll be fine, trust me.