Thread: Very Frustrated

Good advice above. There is a world of difference between knife sharp and razor sharp. I'll hone it for you. Drop me a PM if you are interested.

I hope they didnt throw that poor thing on a belt grinder! Get it done by someone here and you will notice a world of difference, while you are waiting for it be sure to study the stuff on the wiki and ask questions here about things you dont understand. We will get you up and running as quick as possible! Welcome to SRP, its a great place to be.

Take up the free honing offer! I bought four razors before finding this site and ruined three of them (though one was a Kreagar so how could I really break it anyways?) and was lucky enough to get the 4th ALMOST shave ready. I honed it on a Keen Kutter barber's hone and used my belt for a strop. Knowing now what I do from reading this forum, I would NEVER have honed it myself. A good blade is easy to break and very very hard to fix. I am sending one of my others to a member here for honing and will practice on my working one, but that is what I will consider it. Practice.

Just pack it up and send it! Don't mess with it the way it is you have no starting point to evaluate what you are doing. Very nice of Lynn to offer, take it!


Take Care,
R

Thanks everyone for the advice, you all are awesome. This seems like an amazing community.

I'm hoping they didn't throw it on a bench grinder, too! I'm definitely having one of you hone it for me properly.

Thanks again!
Matt

When I first started shaving with a straight I had to do things on the cheap, like honing the razor myself....bad idea! A fellow member offered to send me one of his shave ready as a loner so I would have something to benchmark mine with. I learned real quick I had a ways to go. He later gave me the razor (Thanks Albert!) and today it is still one of my best shavers. You will find the SRP community like no other....folks are always ready to lend a helping hand!

Kudos for all who offered to hone his razor on the house.

Matt,

My first inclination, with every thread like this, is to see where the poster lives and offer for them to come by my house, see someone I know, or drive out to offer a lesson or two.

You might consider putting your locality in the posts. We're a rather helpful bunch. You might also consider a phone call to discuss things after your sharpened razor arrives.

Although I agree that honing is the present problem, instruction is the real core of shaving with a straight, long term.

Originally Posted by MattHornsby

Thanks everyone for the advice, you all are awesome. This seems like an amazing community.

I'm hoping they didn't throw it on a bench grinder, too! I'm definitely having one of you hone it for me properly.

Thanks again!
Matt

Like many have already said, there's a big difference between sharpening a knife and a straight razor. I have some friends who are professional chefs and I asked them how would you sharpen a straight razor to see what they would say and they would quickly destroy the edge if I let them do what they described.

Let one of the experts here hone it for you and you'll see a world of difference.

Hang in there...