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06-07-2014, 10:45 PM #1
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Thanked: 1Newbie: How to get it sharp enough to shave?
Hi all i have a question with two parts, and thought where better to come for some advice from some veterans :P
I have recently purchased a Muhle RM30 in a shaving gift set form Executive Shaving co, It contains a presentation box, the razor, a super badger hair brush a leather strop with what i believe is a Dovo Dual grade strop pastes.
My first part of the question is how can i tell if it is sharp enough to shave with, it gave no indication if it was shave ready or not. So i conducted a few tests such as the hanging hair test (Fail), Arm hair test (Pass), Thumb pad test (Fail) Shave test (Big fail). I did strop before use (50 lengths). During the shave test it kept pulling and snagging. I am not a newbie to shaving and i used my regular routine i use when using my DE razor. I washed my face before hand in warm water, used a steaming hot face cloth, then lathered my cream using my shaving brush onto my face.
The shave was unpleasant to say the least with all the pulling and cagging, in the end i used my DE to finish off which had no problem getting rid of all the fuzz, Granted i hadn't had a shave in a week but if the DE could cut through like a knife through butter then surely the straight razor SHOULD have no problem unless it needed stropping or honing.
My second question is do you think the blade needs honing before use because i don't have access to a honing stone, If so what do people recommend and if shaving twice a week how often should it be honed. in your opinions.
I have done my homework before but was still unsure so i thought I'd ask
Thanks in advance
Dan
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