Thread: Matt's shave journel

Hi Matt,
You're going to get a lot of opinions, and that statement is even more astonishing when you realise you;re going to get three different opinions from one person!!

Giving it a few laps on the pasted strop would not be a bad idea; though I've never used a pasted strop.

Sending it to be honed would not be a bad idea, though I've never sent a razor to be honed

Many people would say I'm wrong, but I'd buy a Norton 4/8 and a Shapton 16k and learn to use them.

The easier option is sending it out, the second easiest is using your pasted strop and the hardest is honing. But one day, if we want to be REAL men, we learn to hone :-)

Oh, BTW, I think one should expect just a small amount of tugging sometimes, not every shave is perfect...