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Well, the common knowledge here is that you don't need sharpening paste every day. Your green compound is most likely the chromiumoxide paste. My razors last for about 10 shaves between honings,...

I prefer smaller stones. I find barber hones size ideal. For a new Belgian hone, I would choose 150x50mm

Nenad

ha, if you think that's many, just ask Randy about his stones collection! ;)

uh, that figures why you had lousy results so far... That way you'll never get a shaving edge, because your angle is never the same.

Anyways, nice you finaly got the honing thing down, we learn...

Well, Artur Boon from Nassrasur mentioned that newely mined Belgian stones are inferior to synthetic ones because of the stone irregularities and embeded particles which are preventing the stone to...

Hi Kees,

First, congratulations on lasting 2 decades with such limited sources for straight razor shaving. It must have been dificult collecting informations from old barbers, and experimenting...