Thread: New guy.... first shave...

You're in it now. If you can get a decent shave from one of those with just a Norton combo and no prior experience I'd say you're doing pretty well. Keep striving for the sharp edge and the shaves will get better and better.

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Thanks for the welcome guys....

right now, and second shave after an evening of more careful honing, I can say I'm pleased with the result.... even if I'm sure that it must be far from the real standard you're in....but it's a start...

but one thing.... I can't seem to gave the best edge in the toe of the blade.... the blade is quite good now... but the the last 3 millimiters (wich courbe a little little little) can't seem to get the same quality of edge the rest of the blade get....

Am I doing something wrong?

ciaoo

welcome to srp sounds like you are off to a great start

Hello...

I see that you're having trouble with the heel of your razor...

I had the same problem with my first razor and I found out that, when doing the X-stroke, I left the surface of the hone with the heel too soon and it didn't get all the honing that rest of the edge did... Therefore it was always a bit duller than the rest of the edge... Try not to leave the surface of the hone with the heel too soon...

If you can shave with the razor (I see that you can) but it just doesn't feel quite there, I would recommend a nice finishing stone (belgian yellow, spyderco ultra fine or chinese 12k) or paddle strop with chromium oxide or 0,5 micron diamond paste...
I have chromium oxide on the back of my hanging strop and it works just fine...

I hope that I have helped you and I wish you many, many, many BBS shaves in the future...