Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
Have you tried to shave yourself with a disposable like the barber used?

That would eliminate the blade as a problem. Strong chance the fault is in something you're doing/not doing eg mis-stropping.
Wait a minute ... You say razors were honed in shops. You mean knife shops ????
If so that is likely a problem as they don't really know how to sharpen razors unless they shave with one themselves.. As for your own honing , how many razors have you succesfully honed to shave ready. Do those ones shave you well ?
You need to eliminate variables to win this so start with a razor honed by a guy who uses one. This link will find you such a person
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I've had them honed at the art of shaving, excalibur cutlery, and by someone who advertised it on craigslist. They all had an identical feel across the nail of my thumb when testing.

I tried shaving with the solingen when new (which was shave ready) and it was more of the same.

One thing I might not be doing is holding the blade flat enough against my skin, perhaps. I could just be doing too great of an angle (after watching a few more videos, I just noticed it)