Originally Posted by
beenpickin
I've been attempting to sharpen my two sacrificial razors while waiting for my professionally honed razor to arrive. I just can't seem to get to the point of a comfortable shave so I went back to the barbers supply store where I purchased my strop to get some CrO or other dressing. The owner doesn't carry CrO and claimed I didn't need it. He told me to use the linen. He claims to only use a carbundum hone (naturals are too slow), linen and leather. He then tried to sell me his sharpening tutoral on CD. I declined saying videos are available online. He went on to rag about the guy stropping his razor in the bathroom (you tube) saying I'd never get my razor sharp doing it that way. Perhaps I should have had him sharpen one of my razors on the condition I could watch but by this point I didn't have too much faith in him. Is it possible to produce a fine edge off a corbundum hone and finished with only linen and leather?