How I learned to hone at uber speed

[funtown]

I got more stones and decided I would learn to master them. So I put myself through honing boot camp--I have vacation this week so I put that time to good use

I bought a few cheap clunkers from the antique store and fleabay [Read: Chips and frowns galore]. They all needed to be bread knifed. After I cleaned off the rust and a decent amount of tarnish, I proceeded to set bevels on each with a Nani 1k (sometimes even using a DMT to get it started if it was that bad).

Once the entire blade was popping arm hair, I stropped 40/80 and dry shave tested on the sideburns and cheeks. If the whole length of the blade would also shave me face, I moved on up the slurried Nani progression outlined by Glen. 3k, 5k, 8k, 12k, then CrO for good measure.

It's been a long, frustrating week filled with patchy facial and arm hair. But now I have some new smooth shavers shavers. More important is the experience I gained.

So, fellow honing newbies: Fear not, trial by fire is often the best way.

Thanks once again for the wealth of information. This place is a gold mine.