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Dear Honeright-Using one of my shaving brushes to apply the shaving soap, I used a stiff bristle hand brush to clean the Regal Barbers hone. Think that it had a lot of dirt in it, as BOTH sides feel...

Thanx guys! This hone looks like it was never used, but it does not sharpen a razor:(Wonder if there's just dirt and crud in it. Maybe shaving soap and a hand brush? Open to all suggestions. Haven't...

Slightly off topic, but am still wondering if I can refresh my like new Regal Barbers hone using a D8C 320 grit stone. It looks like new, but doesn't hone a razor, although it has a fine and coarse...

Dear Fellow Razorheads-FWIW, I just use the term "Honemeister Edge" since that is a term that all of us can indentify with. BOTH of my problem razors had to go back to 4K to get a shaveable...

Great responses all! Thank you! Took your advice already Birnando, concerning the Naniwa 12K and the D8C! Am wondering if I can take the D8C to the Regal Barers hone and improve its perfromance. ...

Dear Razorheads-Whipped out the Norton 4K/8K , Naniwa 12 K and DMC D8T-Thankfully,my Cowboy and Dovo are still shaving hair, but the Hamburg Ring and Golden Monkey needed major work! Won't bore you...

Dear Regular Joe and GotLead-Thank you for the excellent feedback! Shaved today with my Hamburg Ring and realized that it was too dull to shave with. Switched to my Cowboy and got a good shave! Going...

Thanx again guys! I actually have the shaving bit down-it's the mnt. that's killing me! Bob-you are so correct-a quality straight shave is a whole lot of bits coming together. BlueDun, you are...

Thanx for the quick feedback! So the only shave test is arm hair or HHT?-Gearhead

Dear Fellow Razorheads-Have watched numerous videos by Lynn, Sham and others, bought a Norton Whetstone set, a Naniwa 12K, a Chromium Oxide prepped strop , a Big Daddy Strop and several other razor...