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11-12-2014, 04:39 PM #1
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Thanked: 0awesome, I will check.
Its a Thiers-Issard La Legende 1884 (replica) and used a leather strop.
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11-12-2014, 04:54 PM #2
Did you purchase the razor from one of the good dealers that do hone a razor before sending it out? Did they say it was shave ready from the factory/maker? Big differences. A razor from a competent dealer that states shave ready by their hand is a razor that should be shaved with BEFORE it's first stropping by you. If you are newish to stropping most likely you rolled and dulled the edge. If it was stated factory honed your stropping did little to affect it's lack of edge.
At any rate, under local help in the library is a list, by country, of help available. As far as honing yourself, even if you know how to hone a knife there is no comparison. Apples and oranges. PM RezDog and ask him if he knows anyone in your area that can hone a razor for you."The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."
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11-12-2014, 05:02 PM #3
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Thanked: 0its one of these. pre-sharpened by thiers. for stropping I youtubed it .. but yea you may be right .. the newish chops may have weakened the edge.
Thiers Issard Limited Edition La Legende No. 3 Collector's Straight Razor 6/8" | Shaving
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11-12-2014, 05:09 PM #4
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11-12-2014, 05:13 PM #5
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Thanked: 0Nice, good idea. I am hoping to connect with a local straight razor jedi and may be secure some 1-1 time.
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11-12-2014, 05:17 PM #6
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Thanked: 433After I nicked my brand new strop almost the first day, I put the razor away and practiced with a butter knife until I got the "lift the edge and flip" motion down a lot better. I haven't put slice in the leather or rolled an edge since my first month and I think the practice really helped.
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11-12-2014, 05:26 PM #7
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Thanked: 0Nice. yea I was trying not to go barber-stealth with the stropping, still wasn't smooth with motions. So, yea, I think playing with butter knife would be a good idea.