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    Default First Hone Experience

    I jumped right into honing today and attempted two razors. The first was a VERY nice ShurEdge. I started my day by watching Glen's YouTube videos of the Naniwa progression. I don't have all Naniwa stones but I used the same basic strategy.

    I have a 1/4k Norton, 8k and 12k Naniwa as of now, my next purchase will be the 1k and 5k Naniwas.

    I did some circle strokes to begin and then changed between X strokes and normal "up and down the stone" strokes on the 1k. I then switched over to the 4k side and did a mixture of the X and up and down strokes. (at this point my arm was half bald)

    I went to the 8k and 12k next using the same technique with progressively lighter strokes. I finished on .5 Crox felt and then onto normal latigo.

    This razor shaved awesome, I was able to complete a full shave which is all I was hoping for and it turned out great. I really really like this Robeson. (admittedly I was deathly afraid to touch this razor to my face at first because I assumed it was going to rip me to shreds)

    The second razor was a Morley with a chip and it was a monster to hone out, took quite a while and by that point I gave up. It'll go back on the stones tomorrow until it's finished!

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    Sounds like you had a successful sitting at the stones...AWESOME!
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    Thank you and God Bless, Scott

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    Sounds like success is in the air. When I stared honing, I kept a little book. In it I wrote down what stroke worked the best, and which stones I used. That way, if I really like the edge, I could replicate it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maxi View Post
    Sounds like success is in the air. When I stared honing, I kept a little book. In it I wrote down what stroke worked the best, and which stones I used. That way, if I really like the edge, I could replicate it.
    I still take notes while honing.
    Nothing big, just a little spreadsheet that contains all my razors with short notes on what hones, and what progression used on what steel.
    I also make notes after shaving. that gives me a count of uses for each razor.
    In addition I score the razor from 1 to 10 after each shave.
    A 7 yields a touch up before next use

    To the OP.
    That sounds like an awesome honing session
    Good job!
    Bjoernar
    Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....


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    Way to go!!

    And so the journey begins..................

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    Well I honed up the Morley I mentioned, finally got the nick out. It didn't shave as well as the Robeson but I guess inconsistency is going to be expected for a while. I also honed up my smiling Greaves and while it's a bit heavy for my tastes it was also a pretty decent shaver.

    I'm starting to like honing just as much as I like shaving!

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