Hello everyone! Nice to meet you all. I am looking forward to learning about shaving my husband

Question: I bought a shave ready razor from Vintage Razors (Dovo "Best Quality", 5/8" Full-Hollow, Carbon Steel Straight Razor - Professionally Honed). Before it was even used once, my not so bright nephew thought it would be a good idea to see how sharp the razor was by cutting into cardboard.

He only did one slice before I caught and stopped him. Yes, I know how ignorant of him but then I suppose I am to blame too for not informing him of how you handle a straight razor. I jumped on him but the damage was done. I hoped to strop out whatever he did to it but my first attempt to shave hubby went less then stellar. After stropping the blade about 40 times, I am happy to report I did not cut him but the shave was pretty bad. Very rough and it was like shaving sand paper to be honest. Prep involved hot wet towel to face for about 2 or 3 minutes followed up by generous lather of Proraso soap with boars head brush.

The good news is we stopped before any real damage was done (no razor burn, etc). And more good news is I purchased a Norton Waterstone 4000/8000 Combo along with the 3" Hanging Razor Strop in Red Latigo Leather and White Linen. Am I guessing the reason for the horrible first shave attempt was the cardboard damage? Lack of experience? I am guessing I will have to learn the art of honing before I thought I was going to have to.