Thread: Help having problems honing

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.

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 faceIt 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