Thread: Instruction with prof Lynn

I got tired of ok shaves and had a thousand questions about honing repairing and maintaining st razors so I enticed lynn to drive over to indy from ohio for the day...what a great experience I honed probably 20 razors learned what to look at under a microscope...learned how to take out nicks and half moons, how to tighten pins and polish and take out blemishes... I still need lots of practice but my work is pretty good...shaved with one of the newly honed razors and the difference was night and day...no drag no razor burn ...shaved with a few passes...a great experience...lynn showed me several honing tricks ...he spent about 8 hrs with me honing smoking cigars and talking about razrs what collectable and what to stay away from...the guy is a walking encyclopedia of st razrs not to mention he brought over about 60 of his razrs not his best pieces still 4 of them are still here and not in his collection...he is a great guy and the point of this post is that for all you newbies and semi mewbies such as myself you can cut your learning time and really enjoy the art of shaving with these razors if you can find a friend or someone on this forum knowledgeable who is near your geo area who can teach you the art of shaving and stroping and honing a straight razor...charlie

I just got a phone call from Charle and Lynn and it sounds like they were having a grand time. Honing, stropping, shaving, cigars and chili dogs. Fast cars and fast razors, a regular Guy Fest !

Nothing like instructions from the master, Lynn himself.

Have fun guys.

Tony

Dang, I need to take a bike ride up north sometime. Sounds like a great time.

Well now I know why he hasn't posted in a while, he's on tour! So how many thousands of dollars did you have to pay for this honing house call anyway?

his expenses and a few cuban cigars...he has worked with numerous people they usually come to him...he made an exception in my case...the education was unreal and hands on...its one thing to watch a video its another to have the professor sitting next to you watching you hone and correcting your technique showing you exactly how much pressure to exert or not to exert ...the different stroke to use on a curved blade....how to use the different stones... how to use a pummace stone to clean the stone ...the sound a blade makes on a stone when the razr is being honed properly with the correct pressure and blade position ...the length of the stroke varies with the texture of the stone...observing the steel come of the razr during the hone looking for certain characteristics...I could go on and on...its like flying a plane with the instructor sitting next to you as opposed to watching a video and doing it...the video cant talk back to you and say thats not quite right or heres a little trick to make it easier or put a sharper hone on the blade! bye his account he has honed 5-6000 razors ...honing is so important...I thought my razors were sharp they were NOT... my new dovo out of the box was not even close to being shave ready...dull razors mean uncomfortable shaves that pull ,irritate and leavestubbleand razr burns...today I found out really sharp razors glide and shave closewith no irritation...what ever it would cost to go see him or get him to come to you, its worth it to learn the proper techniques... lynn says some people never learn and master the proper techniques ...shaving is uncomfortable and frustrating so they quit and get a mach3..too bad they are missing a great shave...I guess Ive got the sickness really bad! or maybe just a passion for for learning an art thats been around for centurys...we are lucky to have all the experienced forum members around to help us newbies...I apologize for being so wordy...but today was very gratifing ...if he can teach me and get me on the road to mastering these skills...there is hope for everyone else...charlie larman

Apoligize for being wordy! Good Lord man, your expected to post hundreds on insightful things on this site from this point forward. This would be like a site devoted to Yeti sightings; and you had one over for cigars! LOL ....

Lets start here...what was the ONE (or three) things that surprised you the most that Lynn taught you? Specifics man! The world needs to know...LOL

I had a great time Charlie!! You were a super host as well. Maybe someday we will have that Conclave......lol. Lynn

Well now you have to turn the favor and teach your newfound knowledge to as many others as you can find who in turn will do the same. Maybe by the time I leave this earth I can sit with a master and learn the fine art of honing too. I envy you. Congratulations on such an enlightening experience.

Louis

Lynn showedme many things for example all I heard about was a 4000/8000 stone...To really get a sharp edge youneed another stone much finer grit ( a third surface rated finer than 8000 norton ) you finish the hone with this stone ...you also use this stone in a pyramid with a norton 8000 to preform maintaince...on the blade...lynns howed me an agressive honing stroke where you hone theblade intight circles clockwise on one side...counter clockwise on the other side ofblade...takes out nicks and small half moons and reduces normal lengthof pyramid...lynn explained how to get an edge on damaskas steel what you need to stabilize the steel to get he and maintain a sharp edge over a period of 5-6 days...he tought me about tightening pins,polishing blades,handles and removing blemishes from blades...tought me technique and showed me what type of tools to buy and use...he showed me various modificatins of the pyramid systems to getgreat results...more importantly he showedme whatnotto do...tonot harmthe razor orblade...I could go on do youhave about8hrs? when I shaved this morning my shave mademe appreciate how hard I worked and sponged upknowledge yesterday...Iam confident buying used razors now because I can hone, repair, and restore these today with my new found skills...with practice I can really enjoy my new hobby without being at someone's mercey...I am just a student...Lynn is the professor...

excuse the connected words..I am writing these posts on tablet pc andI should have proofed the posts more throughly...charlie