Well, i just ended up with a straight razor it seems
Hello everybody,
Fellow from Paris, France here (please forgive my mispelling or grammar mistakes :(). Just to introduce myself, i'm some kind of a blade collector, all kinds of blades, i like them. Especialy knives. So, when my birthday came, my best friend had some kind of a nice idea for a gift : a straight razor. Now, it's of course a fine item to see, but, I thought hey, why not try using it.
But of course, as many of you been there i guess, i'm kinda scare to open my throat wide open and die sadly, alone in my bathroom. But let's think of that while i'm rushed to the hospital.
As for now, i've tried watching a few youtube video and read some kind of guides over the internet. Still, some stuff seems obscure to me.
Here's what i have : a razor (that is a good start), a strop, and some blocks of oil for the strop.
About the razor first, i'm not sure it is of any good. As i saw around here, some brands are not that good or even worse, and i wanted to make sure i'm not going to just slice my face with a badly made kitchen knife after all. The scales are plastic, i don't know which metal is the blade made off (still can't tell from the sight and touch, i should train that, i know). It's written "Solingen" on the scales, and "Solingen - Made in Germany" on the blade. You can see it on this picture here : https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...30654036_o.jpg Any recognizable model ? Is it any good for use ?
Also, i'm not sure it's pre-honed or not. From what i read most of straight razor are not, but i tried the blade on a few materials, and damn it looks pretty sharp to me ! But apparently sharpened doesn't mean honed, and since french uses the same term for both (the english wikipedia article for "hone" doesn't lead to any french one ...) it kinda makes it a bit more complex to me. Already asked my friend where he bought the thing, might have some more informations over there.
I think i got the stroping part. It's just that no guide or video mention the oil. How am i supposed to use it ? Well, am i supposed to use it ?
Anyway, if any of you took the time to read all my interrogations or best, go through the task of answering it, you have my many thanks.
And a good and nice day to you all.