Thread: First successful Honing! :)

congrats on the honing success! I am trying daily to hone my honing skills lol. It is a very tricky process but hopefully for me I will have a mentor soon. I have been chatting with my local honemeister and am getting up the nerve to ask him to give me a few one on one lessons. I would be willing to pay for them because every time I get a razor honed by him it gives me the most comfortable shave I have had. Great to hear your getting it done by yourself!!

Originally Posted by ZeroCool

Thanks guys. It does feel good. Helps I started with a wedge.

Not sure if it's not quite sharp enough or not. I just shaved with it and there was a little resistance (not much). I should mention I've been used to a 6/8 Dovo Flowing and this is smaller at 5/8 and a wedge and a square point.

Either way no cuts or burn so I guess it was successful. Lol

I'll hit with my swaty when it arrives next week.

Good shave no razor burn. That is a good thing.

You can now gauge the quality of your shave prep with
a little but not too much resistance.

Going forward touch up on your finest hone once a week
5-10 hone strokes and it will stay good.

New to you Swaty... do not lap flat. Just rinse and
hone with lather and a very light touch. My best Swaty
is glazed over and very shiny. YMMV.

Originally Posted by ZeroCool

Would you recommend 2 strips of electrical tape or 1? I used 2 but now I'm thinking it being a wedge, maybe only 1 would have given it a better edge?

Idk, probably over thinking it.

If you move to one layer of tape from two it takes you back to
a 1k or a 4k hone.. i.e. you will need to reset the bevel.

With modern hones you could go with zero tape.
Anytime you feel a need to go back to the 1k or 4k hone
consider one less strip of tape.

Just be consistent.
Once you get a shaver you will no longer
need to visit the 1K hone for sure and the
4K may gather a lot of dust.

Since this is your first -- there are no hard and fast
rules. Just do not hone all your shavers at the same
time.

Bravo ZCool! That's just gotta feel great.

I remember that feeling the first time i came off the hones with success! Congratz!!!!

Good on you
Enjoy the feeling of getting razor to a shave ready edge
Enjoy