Thread: Straight razor not cutting hair at all

The one mate I go into shaving in a more manly fashion, was adament that the vintage razor I bought him as a starting gift wasn't sharp enough.He was adament that it wasn't sharp enough for the couple of weeks it took me to get a chance to visit (was really annoying listening to him say that he was going to hone it up properly etc). I had to repeatedly tell him to just stop and don't do anything rash. I wanted to check it first (it was my money that paid for it afterall).
I went around to his place knowing full well that the razor would be plenty sharp, I did a shave test with it while he was watching, and he was surprised just how smoothly 3 days growth fell away (I was too as I hadn't shave tested this one, I had it sent straight to his place from a trusted Vendor). It was a great razor to shave with and I (needlessly) told him so.
I'm glad he wasn't a dick and held off on the honing until it could be proven one way or the other. I took my hones to do it for him just in case, but they weren't needed.


Mick

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