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[primotenore]

Friends, both new and old.
This is an OPEN Letter to the membership at SRP.

Let it be known that I never have; never will; would never even consider encouraging one member to "harass" another member, just because they choose to hone their razors in a different manner. Or for any reason. That's not who I am and I defy anyone to provide evidence to the contrary.

I have friends on BOTH sides of this honing controversy. And it is my intention to remain supportive of an individual's right to hone their D@*N RAZORS anyway they see fit.

Primo OUT.

 

[Robin_K]

I have shaved with razors honed by anyone considered (or claiming to be) a Honemiester[sic!] back in the day. They all shaved reasonably well.

I bought (and sold) basically every hone recommended back in the day. I kept exactly one.

Honing is a matter of personal preference. More importantly, and unless one hones for a living, it is a matter of whatever setup one feels comfortable using.

So, yes. ? what @primotenore said. There is no silver bullet hone/setup/technique. And that is how it should be.

 

[PLANofMAN]

Either the naysayers are correct, and it has little effect on the bevel, or it actually does. In the first case, a person has hones capable of dealing with wonky edges easily. In the latter case, they get a hone capable of putting a marginally thinner bevel on a razor. Either way it's a win-win scenario. Nobody is going to hold someone's feet to the fire and make a person convex their hones if they don't want to.

As a friend often says, "It's your shave, enjoy it your way."

Neither result warrants as much drama as it gets, imo. An argument over whether natural stones were better than synthetics would be much more interesting, again, imo.