I've yet to take that first straight razor shave though I'm very close. I've spent the last two weeks absorbing all the information related to straight razor shaving. One of the main concerns I have is honing. I know that it will be a while before I have to worry about that as I intend to buy a couple of "shave ready" razors from an experienced member on the classifieds here.
Everything that I've read has stressed the difficulty in honing correctly. And I've seen many people recommend sending a razor out to an expert to be honed. Is this something that I just need to expect to have to do. I know that this is a different beast but I have been a knife hobbiest for fifteen years and love to sharpen and restore knives. I commonly use diamond stones to 3 micron and then I have different strops with diamond paste down to .5 (some .25) micron. I understand that I'm not sharpening a micro bevel on the razor and that there are other significant differences, but it seems to me that this experience should allow me to be light years ahead on the learning curve.
That being said, I would like to know if I should worry about ruining a razor by honing myself.
I would like to add that this is a great website. Thank you to all for helping us newbies learn the great tradition of straight razor shaving. I can't wait to get started. I hope my next post isn't : WHAT THE H... WAS I THINKING. I'VE CUT MY G.. D... EAR OFF!!!