Sorry, trying to get to learn from everyone and its coming together bid by bid.I guess time will tell.Thanks ----william
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Sorry, trying to get to learn from everyone and its coming together bid by bid.I guess time will tell.Thanks ----william
Your absolute best bet is to get together with an experienced person. If you were in Minnesota I would invite you to my home and then we would hone razors til you had it down pat.
Some 1 on 1 time shortens your learning curve a whole lot.
I would like to try to help you find someone in your area of Texas. What major city are you close to? Dallas, Houston, Austin, etc ?
You've written that the razor is sharp but not shave ready. How did you assess it? Did you try to shave with it?
l live in Victoria,texas. houston is 125 miles away,san Antonio 120 miles,austin 122 miles.So its a little far to go.It seems to be getting bette.I just got my new 1000k ninawa hard wet stone and I am getting a better bevel.Problem is that as I go through the other stones 5000,6000,8000,10,000 ,its sharp but not ready to shave.:banghead:
I am not a shaver yet ,but the blade gets hung up real quick in my medium beard if you put to much pressure on blade oooops there went my face:dropjaw:It could be the steel in the blade,just have to try out several blades.Question,is there any advantages using a more hollow blade?Thank you.---William.
I think Lynn wrote a great post/thread about honing and then shaving off of a 1k stone. That was a great intro that really helped me understand what a bevel set was and how you knew you'd achieved a proper set. It might help semperfi6141 but I can't find it. Anyone?
Also, semperfi6141, if you're not already handy with a strop and repeatedly getting a clean shave off a known shave-ready blade, honing is like putting a rickety cart in front of a very stubborn mule.
This one is not by lynn but still a good read, Beginners, The 1k shave
Jonathan