Thread: Honing Routine for a Newbie

I normally recommend for people to put a very light coating of chromium oxide on the back side of their poly webbing or second strop. When your razor starts to pull a little, then 4-7 light pressure strokes on the chromium oxide followed by a regular stropping should refresh the razor and keep you going for a while. When this quits working, then you have a choice as to getting a finishing type stone or something like the Norton 4K/8K. The nice thing about the finishing stones is having the higher grit which will still refresh the razor and hopefully give a little better shaving edge. That said, when the chromium oxide alone quits working, the Norton using either a 1-3, 1-5 mini pyramid for a refresh or 4-7 light pressure strokes on just the 8K followed by the chromium oxide and regular stropping could also work very well.

Have fun.