Thread: Shaving on the cheap.....

Originally Posted by davidcarr3

... I don't want to send it away to be honed, it feels like cheating.

Ah!--that was what I was going to suggest. I figure on sending mine out for honing, at least the first few times. You might think of it as an interim measure ... get the initial hone out of the way, concentrate on the daily stropping and shaving techniques at first, and then learn to hone once you've got those down. That's how I'm looking at it, anyway.

Well then you probably will need a stone. I'll let others make suggestions on more economical stones. There are some here who do everything with a small Yellow Belgian. You may want to send one of your razors out just so you have a benchmark and know what to shoot for. Either way, have fun with the process!

Jordan