Hi everybody. Awsome forum! I just signed up for the forum but I've had my razor for about 16 months. I think that I got into straight shaving doing everything wrong.

I started out with one of the cheap Pakastani razors. Fortunately it was so badly gorund that I have never managed to get anything close to an edge on it. Febuary '06 I bought a straight razor set from the Knike Center and tried to shave with that. I had no idea how to make a lather and I didn't get much of a shave. I put it away for a while and went to a DE. After a lot of practice and a lot of reading online I have the straight back into the rotation. I haven't gotten close to a BBS shave but they are getting better and a straight shave is a lot better than the DE and a lot more enjoyable.

I've got a question about blade width. Does the width of the blade change the angle that the blade is sharpened to? I'm not talking about holding the spine off the stone. I know that the razor has to lay flat on the stone when you are sharping it. What I am trying to figure out is if you have a 4/8 is it sharpened to a larger angle than an 8/8 from the same manufacturer?

Thanks for your help.