Originally Posted by
roughkype
The razor is a 5/8 full-hollow Carbo-Magnetic I got last week at an antique store. The edge was in good shape, so I started honing with the coarse side of my Frictionite00. I did a pyramid with it--25 coarse, 25 fine, 20C/20F, 15C/15F, 10C/10F, 5C/7F, 3C/5F, 1C/5F. To be honest, I don't know if that's appropriate on a barber's hone, but I'm still learning. These laps were all dry, though I rinsed the blade when going from the coarse side to the fine side.
I followed the Frictionite with 60 laps on a Spyderco UF, then 30 on untreated canvas strop and 60 on untreated leather.
I've got a coticule, too, but didn't pull it out for this blade. My smoother shavers *probably* got their most recent hones on it, but I would have finished them on the Spyderco too.
That's the whole story, as well as I remember it!