Thread: How long.....

Definitely a YMWV question.

I can take a razor, straight or smiling, from bevel setting to shave ready in about 30min if I focus on it (like not watching TV in between sets), but on the other hand, I have one razor I can spend hours on and I'm still not happy with it. (In fact, that razor's awaiting a shave test...probably on Monday)

Maybe more helpful is, I can generally get a razor through bevel setting with 40 strokes on a 1k Norton, sharpen in 40 on a 4k Norton, refine in 40-80 on an 8k, and because I don't have a higher stone yet, I strop and shave and usually am pretty happy.

FWIW

Peace,
Jim

On average I would say about 15-20 minutes depending on the condition of the blade.

I always like to answer this with a qualifier

Once the bevel is set it takes 15 -20 minutes to be shave testing...

The real variable is in the bevel set, that can take 5 minutes to 3 hours (my personal longest), BTW I don't ever recommend trying to push a bevel set longer than 1 hour... You start to go hone nuts after 1 hour, best to just walk away, then come back to that razor later...

Reminds me of a W&B smiley blade that had swiss cheese for metal, I spent hours and hours over the course of two weeks just to see if I could get down to any good metal, I won in the end.

If it's in good condition with a bevel 15-30 mins

on average about 15-20 minutes. I've found that getting the bevel set properly is key. Then the rest of the work goes quickly.

Reading this post I see that bevel setting is the key.
I personally hone on Naniwas SS 1k, 3/8 k, 12k

My problem is that I spend lots and lots of time on the 1k to get to the point where I can cut my arms hairs (sometimes I don't even reach that point).
Then I move on to the 3/8 k and very often I ruin what I achieved on the 1k.
It is becoming very frustrating

Any idea or advise ?

(Sorry if it is not very clear, I'm french !)