Thread: New to Straight Razors, What am i missing ?? Blade not sharp

Put your hands where we can see them, and step away from your wallet.

Now.


I may have missed something, but I'd wager I'm close to being right on this; Your blade either A) never had a (great) bevel set, and / or B) your stropping technique marred the edge up, with AND without CrOx, C) your honing technique never addressed the bevel issue, so you beat your head against the wall further with that, and now you think an 8K stones gonna makey makey all better?

Here's what you do; contact one of the lads in the classifieds here, or Larry at whippeddog.com, or Lynn at SRD. Say 4 words; Need shave ready razor. Either a new blade of get yours honed right. They will hook you up for a lot less than the cost of an 8k. NEXT: spend the next 6 weeks learning how to use the damn thing... and replace the strop your gonna trash. No stones, no paste, nada... just don't. You've got enough of a learning curve to worry about. Then.. go back to your original purchase, and you'll be able to judge the difference...and THEN see if you want to wrestle with honing.

And read the stickies here. Buncha smart guys thought those posts might help people. (SEE.. they already posted this stuff)


And have fun... another smart guy says that a lot.