Thread: Honing first try, part two the shave

So anyone who read the first part of this knows that I honed for the first time yesterday. Today was the shave. While I cant say it was buttery smooth, it was partially dfs, partially bbs, and partially bad! At least I got the bevel set which is a big step for me. I think I need to drop down to the 8k for a few x strokes then on to the polishing stone again. All in all I'm happy with my first try! My face may not be but I am-lol! Big for step for me- big! Now all I have to do is polish it up a little bit make it smoother and I'm good to go. Thanks for everyone's help and for listening to my second rant in 2 days!

Congratulations! It will get better with every hone you do, at least it is my case. I enjoy honing, like fly tying, once you catch that fish with the fly you tie, it's blissed! Double O

Congrats, nothing like a bit of success to keep you motivated. Keep at her the smooth part will come.

Bob

Even in these last few steps keep tweaking the bevel, polishing, observing the bevel width and consistency. Strop a variety of ways and play with increasing draw on the strop.

Fine tuning an edge can take weeks.

This was one reason barbers didnt like honing much.