About the March tip of rushing into shaving
Greetings all,
I have some comments about the March 2012 Tip on the homepage about rushing into shaving. I agree with most of the post, about taking your time while shaving, doing it step by step, and not trying to do your whole face the first time. However, I for one want to know before I buy a $100 razor, that I can hone it. I purchased an old razor off ebay, and I'm in the process of honing it now. I haven't shaved yet, but I do have an another old one that I sent to Lynn for honing. I want to see what one feels like before I try to shave with one I hone. I just want to know that I can do this myself before really getting into the sport! I figure if I can get an ebay razor right, I won't have such trepidations about purchasing a nice razor later on. But I'm this way on a lot of things. Motorcycles, I bought one I knew I could work on without sending it to the dealer all the time. I've changed tires, changed clutches, do my own valve adjustments, so to me, it only makes sense to try to hone an old one, before making the leap. If I can't get it right, then I'll just stick with the DE's for now. But when I get mine back from Lynn, I'll be taking baby steps on shaving. Although I haven't touched a sharp one in a long time, I think it would be easy to rush into shaving my whole face right off, but I'll do it one part at a time, just as mentioned!