Newbee honing - interesting results!
Some time ago I got Dovo Bismarck Ebony 6/8 from SRD. Razor came shave ready, and everyday shave was, considering my sensitive skin, more then a pleasure. Over time, no matter what you do, it got to a point where it lost it's perfect sharpness and started to pull hair little bit. Shave was still pleasant, but far from where it was when I received it. One option was touch up with paste, but I did not go for it. Another option was to send it back to SRD for free honing service but that is a cross-continent option and it would take too much time. I decided to do it myself. Lapped my new Naniwa Super Stone Combo 3000/8000 with Naniwa Lapping stone. I decided to go with Lynn's pyramide recommendation for razors that are in good condition: 3X3, 1X3, and 1X5. Did it IAW his video instructions, except the fact that I used both hands for honing. Moving razor across the stone with one hand is just not an option for me. I was using silky light touch, paying attention to all of the important things that could go wrong. It worked well and I had a pretty good feeling all the time. I mean, I felt that I was doing the right thing. Afterwards, I performed 100 strokes on web fabric and 100 strokes on leather. I was pretty anxious about the result of the shave test, but thanks God it was excellent. The feeling was one of the best BBS so far…
I am glad this forum exists since the information I found here helped me a lot to complete my first honing atempt with great success. Honing straight razor which is in the pretty good shape to start with is not a big thing for some guys, but for me it was a milestone set.
Thanks.
