Thread: First post- input needed about hones

Originally Posted by pike3e

Shooter, thank you for the info and the offer to hone. I just bought a second razor last weekend and would love to send it to you to hone. I will first hone it and try to get it the best I can to get some feedback from someone with experiance.

Great idea put an edge you find suitable on it and let shooter see it'd it's an okay edge. If it needs improvement shooter can give it a nice edge and hopefully some pointers. I've never used pastes after an 4k but I do know SRP is a rather stone-centric group. Historically many straight razor users only had access to pasted strops and it worked for them so who knows. A great offer from shooter, that's what makes SRP what it is!

Update:
It has been about four weeks since my initial post. In that time I have been shaving with the razor that I honed on an almost daily basis and have not experienced any issues like irritation, bumps ect. In that time Shooter74743 honed a second razor that I have and in truth was unable to get a satisfactory edge on myself. I received the razor back a few days ago and shaved with it.

The results:
The razor honed by Shooter was much easier to shave with. It shaved with less pressure and I could not even feel the hairs being cut. Although my razor was and continues to work fine, this is definitely noticeably better. I could really tell the difference when I shaved a little patch of skin dry. His razor still shaved easily, mine pulled like crazy.

Thanks everyone, especially Shooter for helping a newb start off on the right track.