Thread: Arrggg failure!

So I had honed up a few of my razors a little while ago and they seemed to be petty good, I had test shaved them with good results but the last few weeks I have been using my razors that were honed by lynn and tonight I decided to use one that I honed and was not good this time lol. Well more practice I guess. Need to get some cheap razors so I don't hurt my good ones anymore than I may have. I may not have done to bad it may just be bad in comparison to someone who actually knows what they are doing lol

-dan-

I wouldn't call it a failure because you were able to shave with the razors you honed, you just need more practice to get to Lynn's level. From what I hear, he has honed thousands of razors and that is why he is a "Honemeister." Keep at and I sure you will get the results you'll be happy with.

What ReardenSteel said .... Takes practice but if you stay at it and study the resources on SRP you'll get to where you'll be happy with your own edges. Stay with it. It is worth it. Early on I got ebay, flea market and antique shop razors and used those honed by Lynn to compare my own efforts. Thing is get them in as good a shape as you can. Most Solingen, Sheffield or USA vintage razors are good steel and you don't need the famous ones. The unknowns are generally real good too and don't cost as much.

The more I read the more I come to consider the light touch and control needed to hone these dainty things is the result of either extremely rare talent (in a newbie) or a substantial amount of hard work, practice and patience for everybody else.

When I first got my hones I could only successfully dull edges, I got some tips from lynn at one of the meet ups and the edges are getting sharper now so at least I'm heading in the right direction.

-dan-

It's not failure, it's learning. You have to make the mistakes first and then learn to avoid them.

If you could get a great edge the first time you tried honing, what kind of achievement would that be?

Ace,

You sir, just hit the nail on the head. Our best learning comes from a mistake, and then avoiding it the second time around.

If honing and straight shaving were dead easy....I'd have to assume that it would be the norm and we'd all be on a "Mach 3" razor forum.