Thread: My first s/r shave

Well I tried my 1st s/r shave with my Crowing Rooster and quickly found out that it is not shave ready...Or I rushed my prep...Even though I honed it with 2000 grit wet/dry paper on a piece of glass w/lots of water...I`ll try again tomorrow with more prep, work my blade a little...I`m a left and my left wrist is fused from a motorcycle accident so it`s a little tough to get the angles...I have to work them with my elbow because my wrist doesn`t move...
Keep ya posted...

my first guess is that the razor is not sharp. 2k wet/dry is very coarse for a razor 8k is about the low end for smooth shaves. over time you may find that shaving with the right hand works too, i use both hands for shaving and i'm naturally a lefty.

enjoy,
jim

I'll assume your razor isn't a Chinese or Pakistani type. If it is you'll never get it truly shave ready. If it's a quality piece it's true 2K is too coarse. That's for doing repair work. Many have shaved off a 4k but for a truly comfortable shave an 8K is pretty much the standard and most go up from there for better refinement.

No this is not a Japanese or Pakistan piece..German surgical steel..I`ll get some finer paper today and see if I can work this edge better...Is that edge too fine or should I make it a little wider???

After a quick search.... "crowing rooster" razors are part of the frost family of "fine" razor and knife shaped items. with that in mind it is highly unlikely that any combination of stones, films, plates, paper are likely to produce a shavable edge.

sorry you wasted the $11

jim

Originally Posted by syslight

After a quick search.... "crowing rooster" razors are part of the frost family of "fine" razor and knife shaped items. with that in mind it is highly unlikely that any combination of stones, films, plates, paper are likely to produce a shavable edge.

sorry you wasted the $11

jim

Well mine was $45. but still...Oh well.I`ll look in your classifieds section...
I did a search but must not have looked far enough to find out what the deal was...Thank you for the info before I cut my head off,lol...

I am not too familiar with that razor brand but you might want to look at this:
Good Straight Razor Brands - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Just purchased my first straight razor (Dovo best quality 5/8") What type of leather and sizes do you recommend for a leather strop and type of linen? Is wool better than the premium fabric offered on SRD website? Thanks in advance!

Originally Posted by snakebite

Just purchased my first straight razor (Dovo best quality 5/8") What type of leather and sizes do you recommend for a leather strop and type of linen? Is wool better than the premium fabric offered on SRD website? Thanks in advance!

WTG on the DOVO..Great find...Hopefully one of these guys will jump in here and give you an answer to your questions....

I am pretty sure they say shave ready but still are not. Send Lynn or another hone king the Blade so you can truly see what the blade should feel like. Then buy a decent vintage blade off ebay and practicing honing on it before even attempting on the dovo. I have dulled my blade stroping wrong also it is all a big learning curve and it gets better. Trust me.