Thread: went to a honing course yesterday.

A very good point, and may better explain why the technique exists at all.

What kind of paper are we talking about here? A piece of writing paper? A tissue or toilet paper?

I've used this technique a few times when I've accidently gotten an overhoned edge, and I just used a post-it note. I suspect that plain writing paper would work fine. You don't need to slice through the entire page, just a few inches does the job.

just regular paper, like a post-it

actually, I think if the teacher was convinced adding a norton and doing it differently would produce a better result he'd have said so. He owns a shave shop and also sells all these attributes after all. IMO the reason why he teaches this way is because this is the way they sharpen rasors at Dovo and Thiers-Issard (he explained the basic variations between the techniques they used, mainly involved the different kind of strops used). What also surprised me was that he said that razors you uy from Dovo and TI already come shave-ready when you guys say they are not, which is my main reason for thinking there is a way to get them much sharper. :|

sounds more like a guy who just doesnt know there is a better way... someone needs to anonymously mail him this thread ;-)

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frankly his razors shave very smoothly, he shaved during class (with student rasors after verifying them) and allowed us to feel. Really BBS.

Originally Posted by harold

What also surprised me was that he said that razors you uy from Dovo and TI already come shave-ready when you guys say they are not

Maybe they ship their dull ones over here?

Originally Posted by graphix

sounds more like a guy who just doesnt know there is a better way... someone needs to anonymously mail him this thread ;-)

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I suspect it has to do with different definitions of 'dull'
My razor was as dull as a shovel. He didn't think there was any other option than sending it to dovo for reshaping the edge.

His definition of 'dull' therefore seems to be 'not sharp enough to shave anymore, but with the edge still intact'
With that in mind, you don't need more than the yellow coticule to touch it up every now and again.

Whereas the word 'dull' on this forum generally means 'what an edge feels like after chopping wood for half an hour'