Thread: Question from new straight shaver honing a "new" Wapi

Originally Posted by csempowski

Hello all,

I shaved a couple of times with it, and it was fairly sharp, as I eventually got a decent shave, but it pulled a lot and seemed to take a lot of strokes to remove hair. It also pulled especially around the chin/neck area. It seemed I had to put my own pressure on the blade, which I know is not good to do.

I then noticed that the bevel didn't seem to be even across the blade, and was a great deal larger towards the center of the blade and smaller near the edges.

I thought that I would take a stab at honing it myself, and purchased a Norton 1000/4000 grit waterstone. I did 20 strokes across across the 4000 grit, but it doesn't seem to shave any better. In fact, it seems to be pulling more to me at this point. After I honed it, I stropped it about 25 times, first on the linen side, then on the leather side.

I have the same problem with mine... I tried to bevel on 800 grit wet/dry paper then worked my way up to a Norton 4/8... I have "attempted" to hone the razor over and over the past three weeks.

I have one small spot towards the heal that shows no hone wear...

When I get home It's getting sent out... I feel your pain...

I just visited the site, looks like they are rescaling the razors... Mine has Stainless scales... $30.00.