Thread: Basic Questions for the new guy

Welcome to SRP SOLDIER. Just go slow and pay attention. It will all come to you faster if you do. Sounds like it doesn't make sense but it will. Your Father wouldn't do it for any reason so he doesn't understand why you would at all. Once you start talking endlessly about how you enjoy shaving he might get curious. He will at least smile about it. Forget honing for now and get 1 or 2 that are ready to go. 2 because you may loose your edge on 1 learning to strop or by making the average mistake of smacking the faucet with it or dropping it in the sink. I caught myself using the same old habits to clean the blade off that I used with a cartridge. Shake it, run water over it, handle it recklessly. Once you see one split a hair hanging in mid air you realize how delicate the edge really is. Just be careful with it and enjoy. Learning is a lot of the fun in it so don't rush it.


Nice guy trying to help but, if you run it across your fingernail your going to need a hone job and
if your honing and do that you have to back up a few steps. The thumbnail test is for bevel setting :<0)