Look at a bunch of the videos and read some of the guides, that should put you on track. Don't be afraid to use some pressure, it's different from a DE. Good luck!
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I'm doing free honing lately. It's described in this thread. I'll do yours as well. If you're interested, just send me a PM.
I'd vote for sending the henckels instead :)
Presuming these are all yours, of course.
Shaving arm hair may mean it's pretty close, or it may be quite far either. It all depends on exactly how it shaves it. And the AoS razors are generally not as sharp as most of us here like.
Shaving arm hair means it's close-ish, at some parts of the blade at least, but if it's not fully there it just means it's going to tug like you found. A really dull razor won't tug at all. It glides smoother than a very sharp razor, it just doesn't cut any hair :rofl2:
Great offer Utopian! You ought to take him up on it Oren!
+ 1 on other post .Yes AOS St8s (Theirs Isards) are not shave ready when the sell them to you they will claim they are but are not.
send it out to get a proper honeing .And you will notice the diffrence right away,
Happy Shaving
If your razor is the Boker Red Injun, you are in for a treat when it is professionally honed. A US Senator was quoted from the Senate floor in the 1940's stating: "There is no better razor than a Boker Red Injun". I have found that to be true from my own experiences with them.
I got his razor tonight and it is in surprisingly good condition. It actually had a pretty good bevel on it, which was a surprise for a craigslist razor, but the edge had a lot of micro-chipping and pitting that had to be removed. Aside from being new to the sport, that was likely the reason that he had trouble shaving with it.
I'll be shave testing it in the morning and hopefully we'll have another convert in a few more days!