Thread: "Shave Ready" ... Yeah, Right.

Originally Posted by Cornelius

I've bought 5 straight razors so far yet have never used one because none of them is ready to shave.

1. Dovo 5/8, guy in shop told me it's shave ready but I learned on here that it is not
2. eBAY Grelot, sent off to a member here for honing as it was dull and I dont know what stones I need to hone it
3. "shave ready" from a "respected" German ebay seller. It can pull a hair donated for the purpose by my wife up in the air as high as you can lift the razor, but will not cut it
4. "shave ready" from a member here, listed as such in the ad in the classified section. I can get the razor to cut the hair if my wife holds the hair with both hands and I make a forth and back motion with the razor as you do when using a saw
5. a "New" razor from the bay. At least this time I knew in advance it would be dull.

Does 4 say that he bought from a member here or not? The topic of the thread was he got burnt buying razors and one was from a member. I was told that your supposed to contact the member first, before you say this on the forum, is that not true, Bruno actually stepped on my post. If I can find the original thread, it was about a duck. I did the same thing, only I was more respectful and I got jumped on, Ask Bruno.