Thread: 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.

Great job! Really impressive to get good results on the first try.

Michael

Congrats on your early success, hope you have good shaves to come

congratulations!
touching up good razors is pretty simple and straightforward, and with a known hone it can be down to a direct recipe.
the good news is that, unless you damage it, this is everything your razor will ever need, and you're set for life.