Thread: new guy

As far as buying stones and learning to hone... Learn to shave and strop first. After the first year of shaving then start to learn to hone. A strop is very important and if you check out our vendors corner in the same place you find buy and sell items, you will find a strop maker. But go very low cost as you will damage it being new. A beginners strop is recommended. Not one that cost 100+ bucks.

As far as a razor, pick a basic razor out of your collection. Or maybe 3. Contact one of the guys here that fix razors and see what his opinion is on the ones you picked. From there send them to that person for a basic cleaning and honing. You should always learn to shave on a pro honed razor. Not a half-assed sharp razor. 2 razors are best to learn on so you can send one off for honing and still be able to shave and keep learning.

This is a fun hobby but starting with the basics first will help you in the long run.

Im on the road right now so someone else will be along and help you with posting pics. Its not hard.