Lynn recommends 5-7 laps after honing and he's The Man.

You will read all sorts of maintenance recommendations including phrases like "when the shave becomes substandard", "when it starts to pull", "when you notice the blade getting dull", etc. that you can refresh the edge with crox. Instead of putting up with poor shaves until you finally just can't stand it, why not do a light refresh every few shaves and enjoy consistently better shaves?

I'd suggest trying Lynn's 7 laps once a week or every 6 shaves or some such interval. Eventually, of course, the blade will need to be honed - crox can only do so much.

Incidentally, if you were to do that weekly maintenance on a finishing stone (with or without crox stropping afterward) you could keep the edge going practically indefinitely without additional honing.



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