Thread: Northern England - couple of questions

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

I've used my magnifier and I can just see the nick, If this were mine I would take the razor back to a Naniwa 1K stone and remove the tiny bite and then just move through the progression should be quite straight forward simple job.

Jamie

I wish I had the stones. That didn't come out the way I intended it.

Originally Posted by jaycey

That's an Invisible Edge razor, you could return it to Steve at Introduction to razors for honing.

Regarding barbers, barbers are not alowed to use straight/cut throat razors (they use shavettes) in the UK so they wouldn't have or need to know about honing.

As Jamie says above, it should be a pretty easy fix with the correct hones, but as a begginer honing should be the least of your concerns, let someone else take care of your honing for now and you concentrate on the shaving

Good Luck!

Good to know I'll be wasting my time chasing around for barbers. I will be using the razor again today, which will be the 2nd time since I noticed the nick, if it does affect shave in the slighest, then I'll stop using, send it off & revert to my mach 3 for a while. I couldn't even tell it was there last time I shaved & it was actually my best shave to date.

Thanks for the help, I'll keep you posted.

Well, shaved with the straight & no problems related to the blade that I can feel, just my amateur incompetence & inexperience. I'll keep my eye on it, & see if it can wait until it needs honing due to normal wear & tear.

Again, thanks for all the advice.

Hi,

I'm new to this too.

I've just sent a few razors to Neil Miller for honing. Reasonable prices and a decent enough chap.

Some barbers do still have the old skills. My barber in Newcastle, who I visit far too infrequently now being that I live in the south, can still hone and strop and he'll use my razor to shave me rather than a shavette.

They are very few and far between now though.

Good luck

Hello Kaden
The only real solution to your problem is to start off as you mean to go on and buy another razor from taylors who I believe is located not too far from cas while you send the razor off for the chip taking out.
I have noticed on one of his website sales he offers honing as a extra but not sure if this is a standard sevice.

Hi,
That's a razor from Steve Dempster at The Invisible Edge, based in Malvern. Try emailing Steve directly, he'll be able to sort it for you I should think. I've used both Steve and Neil Miller, Neil has Strop Shop UK.
Cheers,
Paul.

im certain taylors1000 is based in pontefract, which i believe is no more than 10 minutes away from castleford? maybe if you send him an email and just ask, he might even let you watch what he does... i bought my razor from him and we spoke to via email about honing my razor before it was sent and he seems a nice enough chap. (Although he didnt let me know about the blade imperfection on the razor i bought)

Thanks for this, it's nice to know there's somebody local to me who can help. I'll check that out.