Quote Originally Posted by mbwhoosh View Post
Welcome Mart!

Congratz on making the switch and the successful shaves ^_^

That's awesome you have a barber nearby to get advice from, since you bought your razor from him I am assuming he honed it for you too?
Actually, he didn't. The Dovo did come out sharp enough to shave with, although I ruined the edge quite quickly by careless stropping and too much pressure.

I bought the hone and did the honing myself. It really isn't too hard. In fact, I find it easier than keeping my pocket knife well honed (I have a set of Arkansas stones for that), as the razor has a natural help to keep the right angle: the back of the blade.

Quote Originally Posted by mbwhoosh View Post
... these oldtime barbers have some interesting tricks they know sometimes and the SRP community would love to hear them.
Heh.

Eric is a fairly young man. His choice of how he practices his profession is oldtime though.

Mart