Straight Razor Honing - Honing Basics Part 1 - Bevel setting discussion. 

These are fantastic videos that help a lot for beginners and people who do things different. Another video that helped me a lot was two on fixing geometry problems. That comes in handy for razors that aren’t flat. Oh, testing flatness too.

This has been one of the most helpful videos on this subject that I have seen so far. Thank you for the very practical and approachable wisdom you share on the art. I'm a licensed barber, formally trained in a barber college for two-thousand hours and have over 30 years of experience in the profession of hair-cutting. However, I, have never mastered the art of honing razors even though I practiced honing vigorously in barber college and a little thereafter. I'm now venturing again to master this art because I would really like to bring some of my estate sale straight razor finds into shaving condition. Ultimately, I would like to put into regular use, a cache of straight razor into my servicing routines at the barber shop, reducing my reliance on replaceable straight razors. I think that I have gotten a few blades into range of fair shaving function but far from what I perceive to be possible based on videos like yours. This all makes me wonder just how many barbers can actually do this. It seems a most onerous undertaking but I really want to be that barber in modern times who can indeed keep straight razors in optimal shaving condition. This had to be a significant part of a barber's work when he had to rely on traditional straight razors to shave. An think of the home-shavers and do-it-yourselfers who, before the safety razors, developed this skill-set to give themselves shaves on a regular basis. I have ruined a lot of stones and razors over the years trying to hone a razor. I also now realize that the preparation and training I got from barber college was rather inadequate for actually mastering the art of honing: there was, I now surmise, no real expectation of my instructors for success because the training did not even come close to bringing me into the realm of mastery. Without the type of wisdom and insight you are sharing, I would could forever expect to be frustrated demoralized by failure. What I now perceive to be the actual learning curve for success in honing with consistency makes my barber college honing training seem a bit gimmicky.

I'm glade I found this channel, thank you for taking the time to address these issues for us newbies

Thanks for you help Eric. It’s helping me a lot here.

Very usefull, hope you'll keep up adressing this subject, i'll be here watching !

Good advice

Wow great video I never knew so much went into getting a blade like that sharp very cool

29:42 Such Excellent advice on all aspects of bevel setting,.... (i use diamond plate for correction of frowns, and a higher grit stone for bevels with no visible damage , plus your sharpie pen and a jewellery loupe .) your best advice you gave is to keep a note on each razor ! ...great advice and visuals .👏 👌.

Great video😉 Did you mean naniwa super stone 400, because professional is the same stone as chosera?

I've been using a straight edge With disposable Razor for about nine years I'm gonna jump in to. A Regular straight razor. My razor is gonna be Brand new and ready to use. When i start honing the razor What grit should I use for my stones? And should I buy a finishing Stone? Thanks And if you have any recommendation For a good stone And should I use tape

I had no time ti see all but the first image was shocking. You put a razor on the stone in an instable equilibrium! Sorry 😮 I couldn't see more! Perhaps the price of each razor is 20 dollars ? Yes it's a gold dollar many professional refuse to hone😢

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