Quote Originally Posted by BrendanWA View Post
Cudarunner, thank you and I am going to hold off. That's a nice gesture. Appreciate it!
Thank you for displaying something that most newbies can't seem to grasp and is 'In my opinion' the #1 most Important item needed when learning how to use and maintain a straight razor and that is; PATIENCE!!!

A perfectly honed razor can have the edge damaged by just improper stropping. The amount of damage that can be done on a hone is a 1000 times worse and much harder to correct!

hehehe with that said I had a razor sent to me for honing but looking at the blade I didn't feel that it needed it so I gave it a good stropping (100 on cloth and 200 on leather) and it shaved fine. So I sent it home and told the owner what I'd done. Seems that he was so afraid that he'd turn the edge with too much pressure while stropping that he'd only been stropping the spine and not the edge. So there is a point of diminishing return on both sides.

Again thanks for holding off. Even if my friend is available to help I still highly encourage you to make that Seattle Meet Next Month!!