By all means forget the ceramic rod method. They simple are not fine enough and you cannot maintain a constant angle which is necessary for a razor.


Quote Originally Posted by Ted Stewart
That's what I love about straight razors, it's all about skill, and you buy that skill in blood, skin, and sometimes steel.

The Spyderco is a knife system, but it allows me to set the two alumina ceramic rods to simulate a solid stone. It won't work as well, but it's better than nothing. I might give it a try with the filarmonica, but I'd never risk honing the Dovo myself.