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I made lather out of soap and used it on the hone... man I feel dumb. LOL

I was just going off my very limited experience with barbers hones. Can you explain, for my knowledge as well as everyone else, why lather would make it cut faster? It definitely felt slicker than...

I think I might have just made up the NASA thing. Yep I did but it was used for rockets!
WD-40 was invented by the three founders of the Rocket Chemical Company of San Diego, California. The team...

I hear what you're saying. I'm the exact opposite actually. I only ever honed with tape and now have one razor that's my travel razor that I didn't use tape and hated the feedback I got. I felt too...

Water displacement on the 40th attempt (it's a NASA product). I've never used oil or anything other than lather/water so I can't comment.

That's absolutely correct. I think that's why, in the past, barbers used to use lather on their barbers hones. It'd give the razor just that little bit of cushion while honing thus eliminating the...

I think he was talking about leaving adhesive residue on the razor once the tape was removed.

I've found the same thing man! It comes off with isopropyl but it's a PITA even with that!

Or there is enough hone wear on the spine to reduce the angle of the bevel.

There's also the "double bevel" theory. Lots of people used to hone with no tape or one layer until finishing stages then add one layer of tape and continue honing on their finisher only. As...