Originally Posted by
busa1977
thanks for your replys,been great help,as i said i have not done this for long and have been mostley using a razor i bought that splits in two and you insert the blade into it.did not realise when i got it looked really nice all stainless hande etc with design on handle but did not notice it was a bladed one.to be honest i just put in cutthroat razors and just picked one that looked good for the money.the razor does work brilliant but its not what i would call a proper razor. i have two at the moment but just cant get them sharp enough,takes off arm hairs no problem gave it a strop but tends to tug a bit just dont know what im doing wrong or is it the fact the razors arent expensive and use poor steel,one was sposed to b shave ready,think they were having a laugh wont even cut arm hair.i got a 3 inch strop to help stropping instead of the 2 which had to do x pattern but went bigger to make sure wasent the way i was doing it.the one i have is an imperial razor which looks good steel but cant tell edge with no magnifier.if anybody can help in any way let me know cheers.