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For a highly instructive and excellent resource on how to use classic barber hones, check out the video by the master barber, Greg Ives, _The Lost Art of Straight Razor Shaving_. It's available at...

The X stroke is neither a push nor a pull, but involves both actions at once. As Lynn's apt comments suggest, isn't this "better cutting motion" similar to the cutting motion when shaving? Ergo,...

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Hi Danist,

Glad you got the concept and are on the way to restoring the geometry of your razor. The techniques described in the 1961 manual were offered with smaller barber hones in...

The size of the hone that will work well for an individual has a lot to do with his preferences, aptitudes and time spent practising. Learning to use a smaller hone well takes a different type of...