Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
What kind of razor ? Was it professionally honed for you when you got it ?
First I want to thank you for the reference to the honing and stropping section of the old barber manual that you mentioned in one of your previous posts. I will be reading it again this weekend and will try and apply the information during my weekend shaves when I have more time to play.

Ihave a small collection of razors that I have gathered. Two of the razors were new and professionally honed when I got them. Two of my razors belonged to my grandfather and I had sent them out to be cleaned and honed.They were the razors along with SRP that got me started with this new adventure. The rest of my razors were purchased through eBay so that I could try different razors and practice my honing skills. All of the razors are of good quality including my eBay razors.

The razors that were honed profesionally lasted longer than the razors I honed but they got dull faster than what the Wiki implies.

I must be doing something wrong with my routine.I got my nephew started with straight razors recently and gave him three of my eBay razors that I cleaned up and honed along with a CrOx charged bench hone and a Tony Miller practice strop.. According to my nephew, the razors are still giving him good service.

Thank you for your guidance.