Thread: Help I.D ing the quality of my first razor

Just received my first razor today. I purchased it from a French Website called rasoir-sabre. It seems that in 2015 he bought the rights to the Le Grelot name and some 1970s blanks from Mazerville and now is making razors. So it's a Le Grelot "wings". Any one heard of thus company? Hope I did not get burned, but I bought it because it was a bit cheaper than the Spartacus from TI. Couple of concerns:

1. Website said it was shave ready, but I am not sure because it tore my face up with Razor burn; but this was after I made way to many passes due to the fact that it wasn't seeming to take the hair off. I understand there is a learning curve but I do not know how to tell if it is properly honed or I am just an idiot.

2. I live and work in France and so I have no clue where to send it to be honed. I would like to learn how to hone then I could purchase some nice old school razors cheap and maintain my own. Is it something I could do myself, if not is there a certain type of person who would be able to hone a razor... say the guy who the butcher uses to sharped his knives.

Matt