Thread: Going to start up with my straight once more

Originally Posted by gugi

The best would be to have somebody with experience hone your razor.
Buying a hone is not enough, you need to buy the correct one for the job and then learn how to use it.

Affirm!!

Have done some research on-line via sources in the newbie section stickie. It has given me a link to a web site with a section on the hones which has taught me a thing or to about hones and what to look for a what to stay away from. Now I understand what forum members are talking about when they talk about a 9K hone.

O.K. So you went to AOS and "a man with a beard who uses nothing but straights to shave with" spends 15 minutes teaching you (who have almost 250 posts on this site attributed to you -- many more than I have) how to shave, and telling you that you need a hone made in the same country that your blade was produced, and you believe him. The fact that you might need a hone at all to sharpen a blade is a revelation.

Your Dovo is perfect, except for the fact that the hinge pin is loose. You mention this in passing, as if it is inconsequential (the hook is set... wait for it... wait for it...) and, sure enough, someone points out that this might be a problem.

Please don't get me wrong. I'm loving this post.

I see in your profile that you're a fan of sci-fi and fantasy literature. Any books you could recommend to me?

All advice I have gotten here as been taken under serious consideration. I am looking at a hone from True Value hardware with a 8K grit or possibly 9K grit. Lowes offered a Diamond Edge which the web site in a newbie corner sticky warned against. So that's out. Please advise.