Thread: my first razor

My first razor arrived today. It's an antique japanese kamisori. The seller said its shave ready but it didn't seem very sharp to me. I have sharper knives in my kitchen. I touched it up on a japanese natural stone. I got it quite a bit sharper but not quite sharp enough. The stone I used has a very small area that is actually smooth. I think I'm going to wait till I get my new stone and my shaving soap before I give it a go. I did test it out on my dry face and it seemed pretty close to where I would feel comfortable.

I checked the tracking on my stones and the package just left denmark for america today. Hopefully it wont be much longer. I should be getting new things in the mail pretty much every day this week. I'll post pictures later. When I get my stone maybe I'll do a group photo of them all together.

yeah, if the person doesn't shave with them it's probably not sharp at all

Yeah it sounds like you'll need to hone that until it's razor-ready. The wiki has some good articles on basic honing, it definitely helped a couple days ago when I honed for the first time.

make sure you do plenty of research on how to hone a razor before you try you dont wanna completely mess up your razor

I've learned patience with the honing saves a ton of time...if you hurry, it seems like if you made a mistake...you are back to square one....don't forget to tape areas you don't want to shave metal off of...

So, honing... does what exactly? I'm a bit confused about the difference between honing and stropping.

I got bored and decided to grind the chip out. After I took it out i rubbed it with a microfiber to make sure it was gone and it was. Then I started grinding the bevel and before I knew it another chip. Whatever, I'll just keep grinding the bevel and practice sharpening. It took awhile but I got it shaving arm hair really good off my bester 1200.

I put it on my aoto and then kitayama and it was poppin hair off my arm so nice that I had my first shave with it, and it wasn't half bad. Only part I had trouble with was the chin.

Originally Posted by infamous

I checked the tracking on my stones and the package just left denmark for america today.

Dear infamous.

I'm from Denmark and I need stones! So when my eyes caught "denmark" and "stones", I got interested

What kind of stones did you order and from where ? It would be nice to be able to go get the stuff myself instead of ordering it.

Best regards
Kristian

Originally Posted by KristianSestoft

Dear infamous.

I'm from Denmark and I need stones! So when my eyes caught "denmark" and "stones", I got interested

What kind of stones did you order and from where ? It would be nice to be able to go get the stuff myself instead of ordering it.

Best regards
Kristian

I ordered a japanese natural finishing stone from Maxim. I also ordered some naguras. His website is japanesenaturalstones.com
He's also a member of this forum I believe. He's got really nice stones, send him an email and he will help you out.