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Looks like he took the shoulder off should of honed up good. Has been honed from the looks of it. Looks good to go. Lather up and give it ago. Remember very light touch. Enjoy and good shaving.
Yeah, I remembered what you said to look for and told my wife that he had done it. She took a test stroke on her fine arm hair and was impressed with how much came off in a single pass.
Sounds like the strop might have shipped folded. I hope there isn't a crease.
Leather I can handle if I need to go buy a side of Latigo I will. L0L
Looks like it has a nice straight edge. Hope it shaves as good as it looks!
There are some guys out there that can tune those GDs. Looks like they did a nice job on that one, it can be a bit of work. Sometimes too much work… Those scales are a little wobbly, but should shave if honed properly.
I just honed a pretty nice looking Chinese razor for a guy that has a thick spine, ¾ in blade and just has a China etch on the tang.
It is nicely, evenly ground and finished. It was very hard but took a good edge and shaved well. Time will tell if it will hold an edge, I think it will, did have some clunky scales, though.
I coached the guy on what to look for and showed him some vintage razors. The next day he was sending me pics of vintage razors from an antique store. He bought – stole a nice, wide, clean Joseph Elliot in horn scales. He paid less for the Elliot than the Chinese razor.
He’s hooked…or will be when he shaves with the Elliot, its coming for cleaning and honing.
Yeah the scales are cheap but I knew that. I am just scraping my cheeks so I felt like I could go with mixed reviews, cheap price, highly rated seller combo and get something to start me off. Sp far I am happy with it. I might need a better strop, I have some leather scraps downstairs that seem as good or better that the one I got.
I am impressed with how smooth and how little razor burn I have. It's already been nearly an hour.
Off the wall question, but have you done any 'prep' work to your strop yet?Took me a while to stumble across it, but I saw one this forum that it helps to condition it before use. To do this, you wet the strop with a bit of shave soap, wrap some 600 grit sand paper around a glass bottle, and run it over the strop a little. Not so much you wear the color off it, but enough to give it a nice grippy feel. My strop is getting a bit burnished, might be time to retreat it now that I think about it.
I haven't. I will look into it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshal
What info do you have on the strop? Most need nothing but some hand rubbing to break them in.
Garos Goods - 21 3/4" overall. Model: GGSS101. 3" wide embossed brown cow hide leather strop with suede back side. 1/8" thick. Workable area measures 14 3/8" x 3". Stainless finger bar handle and hanging ring.
Basically it seems like just a strip of leather with bars attached to it. The smooth side is pretty smooth, the rough aide pretty rough. I wanted 3 inches so I could minimize the diagonal motion.
It was folded into a bag but doesn't seem to be creased too badly. It'll straighten when you pull it tight. If I leave it hanging it'll straighten out okay.
That is a new one. Have heard of lather and a glass bottle but not wrapped in wet and dry. Id be careful with the wet and dry as it can contaminate the strop with grit. Most times if using the bottle rub technique you are actually smoothing the strop out its the lather that adds drawQuote:
Originally Posted by Marshal
I am not sure about my stropping. I watched videos but I am not sure how I'm doing. I am concerned there is a spot that is scratching me. Don't get me wrong I don't think my technique is perfect but I wasn't getting scratches with the straight too bad and it seem all I was gritting was about an inch or so from the toe. I don't see any flaws. I also don't know what to look for at this level.
Are you getting scratches on the strop or your face or the blade? And if issue is the strop a pic of the strop would help. I am not familiar with your strop at all.
My wife looked at it and said it has a nick in the blade. I was getting nicks on my face more than usual. They seemed to be from the same spot relative to the blade. I believe it happened when I was rinsing it. I think I touched the faucet.
Thankfully, I have lifetime honing on this one.