Thread: My razor is BACK! Thanks Lynn

Originally Posted by Utopian

How about Family Jewels?

I second that!!!!!! I also sent lynn my first straight for honing and it too was my Grandfathers.

That is a great looking razor. Lynn did a fantastic job on it and I hope it gives you years of great shaves.

Thanks for the pics and Congrats on a nice piece of Family history.

Pics or no, getting professional love for you grandfather's daily tool is just wonderful. You won't regret that. That's a special razor & I'm happy for you. Purely a side note. I have blades I'm fond of, but am convinced that the US blades from NY, Mass, Tx, Mo. are second to none. They're usually less adorned, more the plain jane daily driver. But the blades take and hold an edge, and shave wonderfully. When I saw the city/state on the pic, I wanted you to know you likely have a wonderful blade. I hope you enjoy it alot & can give to your son or daughter.

Gratz on the razor. Lynn is the man when it comes to honing I send all my razors to him you will love the work he does.

The comment on trusting a family heirloom to a honemeister is sage advice. I have a friend who, like me, is relatively new to straight razors and he went full kit when he bought into it. So we had the Norton 4k/8k stone, the 12K polishing stone, a balsa Cr0x lap and nice latigo leather strop. Following the videos, an initial attempt to 'hone' my grandfathers razor simply left a razor that pulled, and cut relatively few hairs.

After that attempt, I decided to trust my instincts and the skills of a professional. In return, I now have a blade I am confident will yield excellent shaves.

In the meantime, I now have my own Norton 4k/8k stone, have made a poplar lapping flat with Cerium Oxide (.25 micron), bought an Illinois 827 strop and made my own 3" latigo strop (I have a Tandy Leather store in town here). I have purchased a few eBay vintage razors and after refining my honing techniques have succeeded in getting edges which give wonderfully smooth shaves. But, for heirlooms and high dollar razors, I'll still be placing them in the hands of honemeisters for best results.

bill

In addition to that being a novice you can do more harm than good causing the Honemeister more work and you losing more metal to correct your mistakes. Learn on the cheap stuff not your prized possessions.