Hello straight shavers,
I'm jeremy and I'm new to this. I've had my great great grandpa's straight for several yrs and recently decided to restore it. I looked on here how to make scales (ended up looking for a video bc I didn't know my parts). I've since returned to this site 100plus times. So now here I am I've made the scales and restored the steel (for the most part). I have an "ontariocutlery geneva n.y." I've been researching trying to find out how old exactly my razor is. I LOVE SHAVING now. I used to be a once a week shaver. Now I shave everyother day. Its a wonderful experince! I will die a straight shaver. My first question (I've looked into it). "What exactly does strop paste for?" And I used an arkansas combo black stone to sharpen and hon my razor. It took a long time and a gentle hand, but I can take my beard hair, lay it across the blade and it cuts the hair..