convex hones

Antique Convex Razor Hone & Strop - Patented 1843 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Having become an early modern day hobby practitioner of razor sharpening techniques cataloged in a German grinders handbook in 1846 (Polytechnische Mitteilunge, volume 3), this hardware piece...

I have been of the experience based opinion that The Shaving Cadre is the one shave forum where ‘Friendship is First’ and everything follows that rule. There are few powder kegs more volatile in the ‘kingdom of shave’ than my chosen honing method. I’m opening this thread with copies of a...

As an early adopter of straight razor sharpening using hones shaped to elliptically convexed surfaces, I wish to document some of the gear and methods that I have found favor with. This has to do with my experiences and journey. In no way should anything I do be interpreted as being in...