Moving from disposable straights to vintage. Question on first major purchase
I will very soon be moving from the cheap disposable shavettes to more elgegant straights. I have been reading the forums for quite some time just taking in as much information as possible. Eventually I will be purchasing a bottom line dovo but my question is before that even happens should I purchase a 4000/8000k stone (I already own a basic two sided coarse and fine) and really cheap razors off of ebay (aroung $15.00- $20.00) and get all of the practice honing and sharpening these to shave ready? I would prefer to use dispoables until I am atleast somewhat confident in my honing abilities rather than ruining a $90.00 Dovo blade. I have been looking through classified and they are also higher than I would like to throw away on ruining a blade.
I guess what I am asking is will this provide any benefit in the long run; will these blades shape and hold an edge for atleast one shave in order for me to get a "feel" from going from "dull" to "sharp"?
Moving from disposable straights to vintage. Question on first major purchase
Stick to a cheap strop now. Once you learn to strop properly and don't knick it then go to a better one. A cheap one will do. Check out whippeddog.com they have a poor man strop set for like 20 bucks.
Moving from disposable straights to vintage. Question on first major purchase
Also for minor nicks I've learned that you can rubber cement the flap down ten sand the strop. Good as new
Moving from disposable straights to vintage. Question on first major purchase
Moving from disposable straights to vintage. Question on first major purchase
$15 off an unhoned razor if I remember correctly