First Attempt at Honing & First Shave!
:D Ok...I just finished my first hone, and first shave with an inexpensive razor I picked up on Ebay. I purchased a couple of fine razors (Filarmonica's Doble Temple) but figured I better practice restoring/honing on a 'good' but inexpensive one or two or three first, before I even touched those...
I followed the techniques described in the Wiki using my full set of Naniwa superstones that I have had for some time now, except that I stopped after the 8000.
First because this razor (Wester Bros. Solingen) had a bit of a frown, I 'Breadknifed' the blade on a coarse Arkansas stone, then went to work on it with the 400 & 1000 to set the bevel, and since it passed the TNT, the TPT, and arm hair test after the 1000, I went through the 3000 and the 8000. I skipped the 5000 because it 'felt' almost ready after the 3000. After the 8000 I decided to strop it up and do a TST.
The upshot: I got a pretty decent shave, no nicks or cuts, a slight razor burn on the jawline (too many passes I think) and I am a pretty happy :D fellow! Now tomorrow I will take it back to the to the 1000 and do a little more bevel work and then run it up through the 12000 Naniwa.
I think I am starting to get the hang of this...thanks mostly to this website and it's tremendous wealth of knowledge for a beginner. Because I took the last several days to read and study as much as I could here I felt confident that I could do it also.
"Knowledge = Confidence = Enthusiasm = Success"
Thanks to all here...
WP34 :beer1: Think I'll have a beer now!