Thread: New to straight razor shaving and loving it!!!

Yes, I talked to Bob of Bobsrazors.com before he shipped it and he says it is shave ready. As a reminder he puts short instructions that says you should not have to do a thing to it before you use it. Yes I am planing to send it back to Bob for a hone when needed.quick question when stropping there should not be any torquing of the blade, just even pressure on the flat of the blade. ??

I’m glad to know that the razor is apparently ‘shave ready’! As I said, the term 'shave ready' varies by who hones and their standards.

When I started out, I hadn’t found SRP and I had to ‘teach’ myself how to strop and shave! I remembered how my old barber did it when I was a youngster. He did use more speed than I did and I understood that just like learning to drive a car, you don’t just jump in, hit the throttle and do 60 miles an hour, you creep along while you learn!!!

The videos that Lynn, Glenn and others have posted are a Wealth of Information and Instruction!

I hope you will watch how slowly they go!

The basic idea is to keep the spine in even contact with the strop and just enough ‘touch’ to keep the blade following along!

Everything about using a straight razor is truly an Art! It just doesn’t ‘happen’!!

Go slow, be patient and all will work out!

Nice thank you for clarification, I watched all the videos I could find on youtube and in particular all Lynns videos.

Ohh mine, it shaves brilliant, just a tad less sharp than my Shavette. On my third shave it feels even sharper then the first time. Guess I am doing ok on stropping. I love this thing. The only area that it feels ackward is the concave part of the neck on both sides. Its longer than the Shavette. I am slowly getting a hang of it. Thank you all on the good advice and resources.