Quote Originally Posted by drawkward View Post
ah, i see now.
in the end, i ended up going to a local (highly rated) hardware store, and they seemed to know what they were talking about.

we'll just have to chalk this one up to experience, i guess.

Like the fellas already said, usually when people think of sharpening, they are thinking of knives, saw blades, chisels etc. Unless a person hones razors (and actually shaves with said razors) there is virtually no chance that they will give you the needed direction. Razor honing begins at grits well beyond what is needed to finish a knife or tool (depending on your level knife/tool fanaticism).

Good lesson, store it away and call upon it when you get your razor back from lynn. Tune up your stropping technique and have fun!