Quote Originally Posted by holli4pirating View Post
Not to mention there is more to honing someone else's blade than just honing it. There is also time in the communication with that person, often some time giving the blade a light cleaning (cause why not?), shave testing, stropping after the shave test, packing it up, taking it to the PO, etc.
This is so true. Even a hollow ground blade needs to be looked at under a loop for me just to make sure what I start with! For me, Best case is 30 minutes..