Thread: Tools of honing

Originally Posted by hotfuzz

As for shaving it self I think im not absolute beginner no more. I have been shaving for about 6 months with straight razor with changeable blades as they dont need to be honed.

Welcome hotfuzz!

I think the above needs to be started in the Honing subforum as a topic all on its own. I haven't heard of many people successfull honing replaceable blade or trying to, for that matter.

If I had been in your position(prior to purchasing), I might have gone a different direction and bought a Sight Unseen cheapie, knowing it was pro-honed, a cheap but working brush and soap scuttle set from Walmart(VDH-Van Der Hagen) and just bought a Naniwa 12K stone for maintenance and touchups or altogether put off that purchase until I got better. Stropping can be accomplished on my items.

This way you can concentrate on getting *just* shaving down pat. Because with a limited budget and being a novice, there are far too many variables in the mix to ID what goes wrong and when without a mentor on hand to on-look.

If you change your profile to reflect where you are, there may be a mentor in your area. There is a mentor section on here somewhere

Regards,