Thread: Need advice on purchases....

Okay guys. Need help with this: Should I invest my money to buy another Dovo 5/8 razor (whitch would be my second one) and pay honers to keep my razors sharp (by owning two I will never be without one) OR invest in honing equipment, learn to use it, and keep one razor sharp all the time????

Opinions please? Thanks.

at some point in time if your like me you will end up honing your own. its a slipery slope from there to get good at honing you got to hone alot so you buy every useable razor you come across.if you just want to keep your razor sharp buy a barber hone and make a pasted strop with some crox.

Originally Posted by turcman21

whitch would be my second one)

By the time this is all said and done, you'll probably own more then 2,3, 4, probably more razors. Invest in a few different razors to see what's out there. First, I would recommend learning proper stropping technique as that will help maintain the edge for quite some time. Once you're able to maintain an edge, then look into investing in some honing stones, start with a barber's hone, then progress. Be patient as there is plenty of time to learn how to hone in the future.

Option B. Learn to hone your own razors. I learnt how to do it, and if a doofus like me can do it, you can do it! It's rather satisfying to shave with a razor you sharpened yourself, and it's really not that hard. It might seem hard, but it isn't. I mastered it in a couple of weeks.

turcman21,

The problem of medium to long term maintenance of the blade will always arise at some stage in a straight shavers life.

For a lot of people, this means learning to hone.

I found the learning process and honing itself, to be very interesting and relaxing.

Like everything else in wet-shaving there has to be an investment of time and effort in order to bear fruit - it is well worth it though

If you have the one razor, I would get a another razor to practice the honing on initially - 90% of the grief occurs in the first 10% of the time

Good luck !

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

its a slipery slope from there to get good at honing you got to hone alot so you buy every useable razor you come across.i

I thought I was the only person with this problem. Now, I know I have company. Is this one cause of Razor Acquisition Disorder?

Charles

Originally Posted by turcman21

Okay guys. Need help with this: Should I invest my money to buy another Dovo 5/8 razor (whitch would be my second one) and pay honers to keep my razors sharp (by owning two I will never be without one) OR invest in honing equipment, learn to use it, and keep one razor sharp all the time????

Opinions please? Thanks.

Almost simple.
If you work on cars it is important to have
access to a second car so you can go and
get parts. So two razors (of any type) should
be considered before honing and tinkering.

If you have well honed shavers the odds
are that you only need a modern finisher hone to
maintain your razors. Something like the
Na 12K super stone would be high on my list
for a first hone. Right up there with a Norton 4/8K.

I believe that honing service is a bargain.
If you do the math on a kit of hones you have
to send out a lot of razors to match the price.

Both of the above. Buy another (pro-honed) razor now, to have as a spare or rotation. When you have your shaving technique down, and want to learn to keep your razors sharp, it's time to buy hones.

I agree with Otto, do both.

Get the hones and get a second shave ready razor. Then practice with the hones to touch your first razor (which has probably dulled a bit through use) up to the same level of sharpness as your second newer razor. Thats the best way to learn.

Once you're happy with touch ups I'd say get a couple of totally dull eBay razors and practice going from bevel set right up to shave ready.