Thread: Can I call this "shave ready"

Hi everyone. I am new at this and have yet to shave myself with a "good razor". I bought a few really cheap razor the like of Kreigar (poor investment). Thought they would make good practice but they are too cheap even for that.

Yesterday I got another razor bought on EBay. It's a "Enzo England", double hollow grounded and round pointed blade, is made from german high carbon steel.
Didn't pay much for it about $24US plus the shipping was free.

This thing looked quite sharp so I took it to my leather strop (plank strop that I made). Did about 100 laps on it. Today my beard wasn't long enough to shave so I decided to try it out on my….belly, please don't laugh, I am quite hairy.

So I hot towelled and lathered up a small portion and tried the razor. I just made one pass about 3"x3", the size of the blade and to my surprise all the hair was instantly removed. No pulling, no stopping, no irritation, no nothing, just the noise of something sharp cutting hair.

Would this qualify this razor as "shaving sharp". Any comment on this razor is welcome.



Jacques
Quebec, Canada
P.S. I know I have to get a better quality razor...