Thread: How many shaves between hones

Originally Posted by razorguy

Well, now we are curious to know what SR you ordered! :-)

Razorguy,

It is a refurbished 6/8 razor from the Classified section. Probably would be considered a starter razor though I don't know what it will be considered after I am done with it!

Jim

Originally Posted by jgthomas11

It is a refurbished 6/8 razor from the Classified section. Probably would be considered a starter razor though I don't know what it will be considered after I am done with it!

6/8, in my opinion, is the right size to begin with. My very first razor was a Dovo 101 6/8 (brand new) and I was struggling between buying a 5/8 and a 6/8. I decided for the 6/8 and I think I made the right decision at that time.

Enjoy your superb shaving! :-)

You know if I get a razor dialed in, I won,t need to rehone for 6 , months to a year.... But, part of that is it is in a rotation of at least 9 razors... Sometimes it takes weeks for me to get one one dialed in to where I want it. I think every razor is different.

I rotate 4 razors and for me, each needs to be honed at the 6 month level.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

Shaving with a shavette will teach you a lot in terms of answering this question.

One difficult skill to learn is knowing what dull is to you.
Then what one shave short of dull is.

A shavette can teach this to you.

Since each person and each razor is different there is no good answer
but with good stropping skill a month is very possible commonly it is more.
Six or seven days sounds like a stropping skill issue, shaving skill issue, soft steel or a serious
set of whiskers.

We are all different but a strategy at one or two shaves short of dull followed by a gentle visit to
to a good barber hone followed by good correct use of a strop will keep you in good shaves.

Baring a good barber hone, the choice for a touch up hone has a lot of choices.
Naniwa Super Stone 12000 Grit in Stand is one choice and begins
to set the $tage for do it yourself. Another choice is 5.0 and 0.3 micron
abrasive film from Woodcraft on something very flat.

The problem with touch up honing is that it is not a good catch up strategy.
If you get way behind on the curve you will need more rocks or will need
to send it out. Abrasive film: 15, 5, 0.3 works but is not satisfying", it reaches
from about 1K to finer than 12K.

I have learned a lot from the shavettes and they are similar, but yet very different from the straight razor. I did get my SR but am sending it out for a pro hone job. I realize, knowing myself, that I will be acquiring some hones in the not too distant future. I just keep getting myself deeper... Like getting to close to a black hole!!

Jim