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Feeling pretty good. First restore.
Hello shavers!
well I have been shaving with a straight for a little over a month now and I decided to buy a razor at an antique store and restore it. I recently purchased the Dovo Bismarck Black Ebony Solingen and once I restore this one I'll have two razors that are usable. Here is my progress...
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I bought this at a local antique store. I couldn't fine any blades from Germany, France, or Japan so I got this Schumate from St. Louis. It had the white plastic scales on when purchased. I took it home and unpinned it and bought wood scales from The Invisible Edge.
After some buffing, repinning, and honing I got this!
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I think this looks remarkably better. It's beautiful to me. Though...I have realized I am terrible at honing right now. I need waaaay more practice. I have watched MANY honing vids on Youtube and I just hope I can get honing down before I wasted this blade. I am going to shave test it in a couple days.
If it's not good....I guess back to the honing block...I did the circles with x strokes afterwards and I lost count really. I must have done over a couple hundred circles with 10 light x strokes in between.
Any advice? I would LOVE some.