Thread: Another "Not quite sharp enough" post

Yup, never underestimate what a good stropping can do. Sounds like between that and finding a mentor you should be well on your way to many enjoyable shaves in the future.

Bob

Somethin I live by..

Honing..the edge doesn't end at the hone, it stops at the strop.

BobH I really am blown away by the strop having such an effect.

Im going to be meeting up with David at a Shell station 6 minutes from his home this evening to do a drug... I mean razor pass-off. Going to put an old Ern in his hand that i touched up a week ago and shaved with once sense the touch up. Now he will know what a 20k edge will feel like.

See ya this evening David. Sounds like your off to a good start. Just dont give up when that irritation happens from your experiance being low. It happens to all of us in the beginning.

Gasman-
Looking forward to it. "being low" sir? I'll take a guess that that means the angle of the razor is off and i take too many skin cells off.

Originally Posted by dpompian

Gasman-
Looking forward to it. "being low" sir? I'll take a guess that that means the angle of the razor is off and i take too many skin cells off.

I think Jerry meant 'because your experience time is low'. I would suggest that you might make it a full trade with Jerry so that he could sample one of your edges too.

bluesman7
yeah I read that wrong... I'm an idiot. That's a good idea and I'll bring a blade with me when I meet him. I visited your website earlier and I must say those razors are sick.

D

Between Jerry and Vic, you are in great hands, sir. There's no better way to learn quickly while avoiding so many of the common pitfalls.

So true. Good man,Jerry. St least it's not my Genco, off the PHIG I sent ya. He'd look like someone slapped him silly....

For those that don't know, that stone can produce an overly keen edge. ( In the proper hands ) Think of a feather blade on steroids, keen.

If it makes you feel any better; I love straights but I can't hone them either, at least not from scratch. I am pretty decent at keeping that edge once someone else put it there for me though.