Hi Everyone,

This is my first post on this website and I am new to Straight Razor shaving. I purchased a razor on eBay as a "Starter" but its not working at all. It pulls rather than cuts and just scrapes at my skin without cutting hardly any hairs. Upon searching YouTube for videos and various forums for information i came to the conclusion that my blade is in fact NOT shave ready. the tip of the blade looks as though the person i purchased it from merely ran it through a knife sharpener a few times instead of honing it. I honed it a bit on a stone that i have (however i feel it is far to coarse 500 grit) it did make the razor a bit better, but it still looks rather poor on the end.

any advice would be helpful.

Ive looked into possibly just purchasing a razor from RupRazor or possibly sending it to be honed.

Thanks to all
-Jacob