Thread: Blue Wonder - IS it real, Are they good?

Originally Posted by Daekkon

Very cool, thanks for the info.

Ill give it a shot. i was going to grab a coticule and a golden dollar razor to practice with, although i have a lot of experience honing knifes, Ive never honed a straight razor before.

Please forget that you have a lot of experience honing knives, it is "not" the same as honing straights. Approach honing a straight as if you have never honed a knife and are learning a completely new art. There have been a few guys with knife honing experience join the site and have posted latter that honing a straight was more difficult than they anticipated with their prior knife hone expertise.

Step away from that Blue Diamond with hones until you have gained enough skill not to take a chance on damaging the beautiful razor. A vintage razor in that condition and of that quality is definitely not a practice honing razor candidate. By all means practice on a cheap razor or two and I don't mean a Gold Dollar. The Gold Dollar is on the sites avoid list for a reason.

Bob