Thread: Rolled edge? Time to send to honemiester?

First question I'd ask myself "shave ready" by whose definition - factory or honemaster?

Before we continue theorizing about rolled edges (a much overblown problem in my view) we should go back one step and ask ourselves whether this razor ever had the bevel properly set.

For a rolled edge or a poorly set bevel, repeated stropping will not do you much good.

But if you should have at least one hone to maintain the edge (e.g. Naniwa 12,000) you could try to remove a potentially rolled edge and see whether it makes any difference. But if the bevel was poorly set in first place it would be best to start a full honing progression, commencing with one of the coarser hones (e.g 1000 grit).
While some shavers have set a bevel out of necessity only with a typical 4000/8000 starter set, this is certainly not ideal - even less so for a beginner.

In that case a trip to a honemaster might be the obvious solution.

Lastly, as someone who is more used to the Feather AC you may expect too much in sharpness from a straight razor, although with a properly honed straight you should always be able to pop hairs off your arm.

As far as the famous HHT is concerned, I never paid much attention to it and consider it not much more than a party trick.
I'm more of the "the proof of the pudding lies in the eating" and "the proof of the honing lies in the shave school".
But then again, this is strictly my personal opinion.




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