Quote Originally Posted by riooso View Post
I personally do not like stainless steel razors. I do not like the rigidity and they way that they feel when one shaves with them. To be sure I have had only a half dozen but I personally have not had much luck with them. I have had full hollows and 1/4 grind in stainless. They are a lot different to hone and that is probably where my failing is. I have had stainless razors honed by some of the best guys around, yet for me they were always lacking. They shave ok, just not in the top 10%. Shaving with a straight is a personal thing and there are many variables and some of us like one variable or the another, thus the conflict.

One thing I would put out there is, if one is new at honing, then it would probably be best to not drastically change the material that you are honing and I would pick a full hollow because they are easier to hone all things being equal.


Take Care,
Richard
Richard, just out of curiosity, which stainless razors have you had that you had trouble with? My two honing nemesis razors are american - a cattaraugus lizard and a brockton razor. And I think those muhthas are HARD but whether they are hard steel they are hard for me to hone. But they are carbon.