Honing DE blade?

[wyclef]

Hey, I came across some razor hones on ebay. They looked a bit crusty but was intrigued. Wondering if anyone hones a DE blade these days and if so are there any modern tools out there to do so?

 

[JimmyHAD]

I've seen vintage glass concave DE razor hones on the bay. With the quality of blades available today I couldn't imagine anyone honing a used blade with any hope of equaling a new one. As to the efficacy of DE hones, if they were a success I think they would have survived, but I have no personal experience with them.

 

[SliceOfLife]

I've seen one or two examples of Thuri de hones, but they are rare. I haven't encountered a synthetic that I felt would give a good edge, and I haven't tried the glass ones. I expect if you have a Thuri or some other de hone that works well and work out a functional stropping technique, it could prove useful... Otherwise they seem to mostly have been used out of necessity to get bad shaves when good ones were not an option.

 

[Kentos]

There is a thought among some people that modern stainless blades rely on coatings to improve whisker cutting ability. You can do your own experiments by rubbing a DE blade on the inside of the glass to see if there is any benefit to those glass honing thingees.

 

[DCRIII]

I have a DE hone that came with a small lot of shaving item awhile back, but haven't used it. Being that I have enough blades to last me at least two lifetimes, I never put any thought into ever using it.