Waiting for my first straight.
Hello,
After finding lots of information on the internet about straight razor shaving I decided I would like to learn all this including honing etc. I bought a couple of vintage razors that have blades without damage but I do not expect these to be shave ready. I have also ordered a Norton 4k/8k and a strop. My thought was that it would be fun to learn to sharpen a razor, but I have now realized that it will probably be difficult for me to judge if I have done a good job honing since I have never shaved with a straight razor so I have nothing to compare to and I might have done a good job honing but have bad shaving technique. My options are now to send one of my razors of to get it honed by a pro, buy a third razor that is shave ready or to stick to my original plan of learning to hone the razor first. Will it be possible for me to judge if I have done a good job honing without ever have tested or touched a properly honed razor?
Any thoughts appreciated.
I can not wait for the mailman to get here.
/Christer