If they had mentioned refreshing the edge with a barber hone, I could agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Miller
I used to go to an old time barber who used to specialize in shaving, his assistants did the haircuts, and he was always busy with shaves; Saturdays, mornings, and I don't know when else. I know he was open late two nights. Conservatively, I would say he had to do 30 shaves a week or more. He carried a little hone and I would see him sneak a few swipes occasionally, but he told me he sent a few razors out for service once a month.
Unfortunatrly I don't know if they were the same ones being sent out (I doubt it because he had a bunch of razors on hand to work with). I also don't know if the razors actually needed the service or he just did it as maintenance. I don't know an accurate way to figure it out, but if you say he did 150 shaves a month with three razors and sent the same razors out every other month, he was getting about 100 shaves on a razor between major honings. For an individual that would be roughly 3 times a year for one razor. I have too many razors in my otation to tell if that's right. Maybe others can.