Thread: Starting Out

Originally Posted by parkerskouson

Yep it sure is hot here! Last week it hit 120 degrees downtown. Luckily I live in the north so it was about 7 degrees cooler, but still a heat warning. And yes, daddy is gonna try again, despite all of the cuts!

All the cuts? Thought he only had the one.

120? We've only seen 115 so far this year. Today barely got up to 95.
But, the humidity? Don't even go there!

Parker, when you get your sharpening stuff, keep Dad's tools away from them.
(Well, YOU can sharpen tools, but don't let dad, or any visiting uncles!

I'm excited to see what you're doing here. Keep it up!

steve

Originally Posted by parkerskouson

Mj, its good to know that all I NEED is a 4/8k Norton. I was planning on spending 100's of dollars on hones!
Cuda/Shooter, I will definitley learn to strop and shave before I even think about honing. Just needed to know how much money I need to save
Thanks
Parker

100's of your dollars or hundreds of your father's dollars? Either way, there's no 'need'. I'd highly recommend a Norton 4/8 and a Shapton 16k, they work beautifully for me.

All the above advice is good, but it seems to me, Parker m'lad, that you're WAY ahead of the game when it comes to manual dexterity as it relates to workmanship. Aged seven using lathe? They STILL scare the excrement out of me and I'm 50!

I'm actually going to go out on a limb and say there's nothing 'wrong' in getting into honing early; I did after about four weeks), and I use a 5kilo door stop to nail nails in the wall to hang up pictures, break every lawnmower I have ever owned, throw printers on the floor to 'fix' them and big note myself for WEEKS if I can hang a cupboard door. Oh, I also recently painted right over top of wallpaper, used Blu Tac to fix holes in walls and painted my floorboards with ceiling white.

The purpose of that long and dismaying list of weirdness is not to serve as a means of communicating to you how much of an idiot I am, but to suggest that if I can hone, then your certainly can!

I may, however, still be an idiot...

Carl

Originally Posted by mjhammer

It's very nice to have a 1k to set a bevel quicker than on the 4k, but not NECESSARY. search the forums for JaNorton and read that thread. it's all about how the 4/8k is the ONLY stone you really need, everything else is for ease and preference.

Good luck!!

M

+1 to that. I used 800 wet and dry sandpaper wrapped around the Norton to set the bevel on my De Pews. I don't know about other people, but really, unless you're in to buying old razors and doing them up, or hiring yourself as a honemeister, one doesn't set a bevel everyday :-)

Originally Posted by skou

All the cuts? Thought he only had the one.

Parker, when you get your sharpening stuff, keep Dad's tools away from them.
(Well, YOU can sharpen tools, but don't let dad, or any visiting uncles!

I'm excited to see what you're doing here. Keep it up!

steve

Originally Posted by MickR

I gotta ask "Why? Didn't he think the first cut was bad enough?"
Mick

As I alluded to Steve, He pictured just the one cut, but in his post it appeared that he thought he might like to cut himself again...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

100's of your dollars or hundreds of your father's dollars? Either way, there's no 'need'. I'd highly recommend a Norton 4/8 and a Shapton 16k, they work beautifully for me.

All the above advice is good, but it seems to me, Parker m'lad, that you're WAY ahead of the game when it comes to manual dexterity as it relates to workmanship. Aged seven using lathe? They STILL scare the excrement out of me and I'm 50!

I'm actually going to go out on a limb and say there's nothing 'wrong' in getting into honing early; I did after about four weeks), and I use a 5kilo door stop to nail nails in the wall to hang up pictures, break every lawnmower I have ever owned, throw printers on the floor to 'fix' them and big note myself for WEEKS if I can hang a cupboard door. Oh, I also recently painted right over top of wallpaper, used Blu Tac to fix holes in walls and painted my floorboards with ceiling white.

The purpose of that long and dismaying list of weirdness is not to serve as a means of communicating to you how much of an idiot I am, but to suggest that if I can hone, then your certainly can!

I may, however, still be an idiot...

Carl

I'm going to say right here and now that I learned to hone before I learned to shave properly with the darn things. I might not have honed very well to start with, but I did hone well enough to get my first decent shave from my razor. I only had the one razor and had had it for some time. Factory edge had been severely dulled after countless attempts at shaving with it, and a couple of swipes on my trusty, rough as guts pocketknife hone. I finally got clued into the wonders and joys of internet and did a bit of research into what was required before I learned I had gone about it all wrong. Got myself a 1k/6k, 3k/8k combo and followed up with a C12k a little later. It's been all I need apart from my home made strop.


Mick

P.S You may or may not be an idiot Carl, but you're my kind of idiot mate. I reckon you'd have some of us in stitches...From laughing of course. Not from tripping over your 5 kilo hammer!

Originally Posted by skou

All the cuts? Thought he only had the one.

120? We've only seen 115 so far this year. Today barely got up to 95.
But, the humidity? Don't even go there!

Parker, when you get your sharpening stuff, keep Dad's tools away from them.
(Well, YOU can sharpen tools, but don't let dad, or any visiting uncles!

I'm excited to see what you're doing here. Keep it up!

steve

He actually got two. What I think happened. NO FREAKING CLUE!!!! He didn't even go over that area more than once. Maybe the current CEO of Gillette sent forced magic to happen so he got two cuts. NO ONE KNOWS!! My dad also took the liberty of showing everyone in my family(Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, ETC.) the video of me shaving..... That was embarrassing.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

100's of your dollars or hundreds of your father's dollars? Either way, there's no 'need'. I'd highly recommend a Norton 4/8 and a Shapton 16k, they work beautifully for me.

All the above advice is good, but it seems to me, Parker m'lad, that you're WAY ahead of the game when it comes to manual dexterity as it relates to workmanship. Aged seven using lathe? They STILL scare the excrement out of me and I'm 50!

I'm actually going to go out on a limb and say there's nothing 'wrong' in getting into honing early; I did after about four weeks), and I use a 5kilo door stop to nail nails in the wall to hang up pictures, break every lawnmower I have ever owned, throw printers on the floor to 'fix' them and big note myself for WEEKS if I can hang a cupboard door. Oh, I also recently painted right over top of wallpaper, used Blu Tac to fix holes in walls and painted my floorboards with ceiling white.

The purpose of that long and dismaying list of weirdness is not to serve as a means of communicating to you how much of an idiot I am, but to suggest that if I can hone, then your certainly can!

I may, however, still be an idiot...

Carl

NOPE! That will be all out of my pocket one way or another. UNLESS,,, my dad gets into the art. Then there may be chance that he will split the costs with me. But yeah, after all of the discussion, I will probably go with a Norton 4/8k within 2 weeks of me getting the hang of everything. (Or when my funds support me. Which ever comes first) Probably a 12 or 16k depending on the price point.

Hahah thanks Carl! At that point, I didn't know any better, and just did what I was told Steven, remember the 30_06 that same year on my trip down to AZ? Just did what I was told WOWOWWOWOWOWO did my shoulder hurt afterward... And no Carl you are not an IDIOT!!!!

Anyways thanks!!!!

Parker

At 4:30, little brother, "he's gonna' cut himself"..HAHAHA! Great stuff!

Originally Posted by parkerskouson

Well, as promised, here it is! Along with entertaining commentary by my dad and me.

Thoughts: Well, if you can tell, I was kinda shaking at the beginning. After a bit it got a little easier. I switched to my bad hand, which was interesting. What I did with my chin, as you could tell, should have landed me a nice cut, but, thanks to shooter, he didn't make it SCARRRYYYY sharp, so my chin is safe!

Recommendations: Please share your thoughts, anything will help!!!!

Here it is! Along with some pictures in case you didn't get a very good look at the razor.

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Thanks Guys!!!!!!!
Parker

Originally Posted by Costabro

At 4:30, little brother, "he's gonna' cut himself"..HAHAHA! Great stuff!

AHAHA Right? He is a pretty funny kid

So Parker,
It's been a few months since I have heard any shaving stories, how is it going?