Hey just wanted to say hello to everyone as i am new to the forum.
Really not sure where to post my questions so i decided the general forum was a good place to start. So i recently discovered straight razor shaving, i am pretty young i would think, 22 , but have been shaving since 13, have a very hard beard and never really enjoyed the chore of shaving. Until i discovered straight razors. Here is the problem and i am going straight to the point to save you all time eheheh. After lots of practise i shave very nicely with my feather razor , best shave in my life and really enjoying all that i have learned when it comes to preparation and shaving with a straight razor, but i want more , i want to be able to hone and strop properly. Any way recently my dad gave me his dovo, he says i shave better than him ... of course it had been stored for a long time and needed to be worked on , i sent it oversees to the classicshaving.com (i live in Lebanon) for honnig and i ordered a norton 4000/8000 and a paddle strop . Now i recently got it back, but i was disapointed , i start shaving, not sharp enough for my beard , after few strokes i go back to my feather blade to finnish my shave... Question where to from here ? honning with my stone? can i get is as sharp as my feather blade ? what should i do , pretty sure my dovo is original , very nice details, it is full hollow i think 5/6 of an inch. thanks you for your time guys.
Marius