Thread: Getting my blade near Boston shave-ready

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

Note one of the better honemasters we know is named Lynn.
If a razor goes into his shop his reputation is that it will come out nicely finished.

Indeed - that was my first thought!

Didn't Lynn found this site?

Originally Posted by ansibil

Indeed - that was my first thought!

Didn't Lynn found this site?

Yikes, no disrespect intended to Lynn Abrams! We are all the beneficiaries of Lynn's work in setting up this site.

I was referring (as the thread was) to Lynn, Massachusetts, a coastal town north of Boston:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn,_Massachusetts

Lynn is about two miles north of Revere, Massachusetts, also mentioned earlier in the thread. Lynn, Massachusetts was established in 1629 and is named after the town of King's Lynn, which is in Norfolk, England.

I hope this resolves any and all concerns in the matter.

So I got my razor back yesterday. It went to Siraco Sharpening & Bojo Clipper Service in Lynn, Massachusetts. Don't know if any of you all have experience with them, or can tell me how it would compare to a honemaster who only does straights.

Still waiting for the day when I can get a good shave from a straight razor.

Here are some pictures of the blade before use.

Well good luck with the edge that a sharpening service puts on it. I truly hope it's good, nut don't come back after all the good advise bit%#^*g about the edge, these guys and their machines don't get along with a razors edge, but who knows maybe he really does shave with them and knows his way around a razor hone, probably not, but here's to hoping. Tc

The links to your pictures are broken, so we can't see what they did to your razor. I think you made a mistake in taking it to a sharpening shop, most of them ruin razors. I hope they haven't ruined yours.

The pictures are here now.

Unfortunately I didn't check ahead of time where it was going – this is simply the place where Leavitt & Peirce takes all its customers' razors for honing. Apparently they're happy with it, so I'd hope it wouldn't ruin a blade. I'll keep considering what to do next.

Originally Posted by ansibil

The pictures are here now.

Unfortunately I didn't check ahead of time where it was going – this is simply the place where Leavitt & Peirce takes all its customers' razors for honing. Apparently they're happy with it, so I'd hope it wouldn't ruin a blade. I'll keep considering what to do next.

I can't tell from the pictures how the edge is but it doesn't look like any serious damage was done. If it doesn't shave the way you like, you still have plenty of options. It can be hard when you start to know what a well honed blade feels like, so it might be good to take up the advice of people here on getting a honemeister on it, so you have a standard for comparison.

If you run the edge through the hair on your arm, not right on the skin like shaving but just enough so the hairs touch the edge, does it cut the hairs? Does it catch and pull, or just pop them off? Or do they just go under it without getting cut?