Thread: First shave... best shave ever!

My grandmother just gave me so old family keepsakes. Amongst them was a "Case's Ace" razor, a hone and a strop that was her fathers. They had been sitting in a cabinet for years and except for the hangin strop that had been hanging in the basement were still in their boxes.

The razor loooked clean and had no rust but wasn't very sharp. But what the heck, it had been sitting since WWII in a box. I followed the instructions in the box and gave it 3 passes on the course side of the hone and then about 6-7 on the fine side.

Then I just used one of my strops I use for woodcarving tools and some Flexcut Gold.

I found this site and found some instructions on how to use the thing. Fortunately I already used a cup and brush

This was the best shave I have ever had. I am never going back! LOL!

Thanks for the site.

David,

Glad to hear! And welcome to SRP!

RT

Welcome aboard David. I'm sure you'll also have plenty to say in the restoration forum, especially when it comes to making scales. This community is full of great people, whether they are new or old members and I feel privileged to belong to it. I expect the same will happen to you once you get to know everyone a bit better.

Congratulations on your successful shave! I use flexcut gold on some of my stubborn razors, it's a great fast-cutting compound, though it's a bit coarse as a final grit. You might want to try moving to boron carbide after the flexcut. I sometimes go to a very fine (.5 micron or so) chromium oxide after that, but it's not really necessary.

That's great! It's special to have that kind of history associated with our daily activities. You did well with the honing too. The razor must have been very close to shave ready. My Dubl Duck Special was the same way when I got it.

Keep us posted.

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