Thread: My first honing attempts with photos

Everyone, thank you so much for the encouraging words and honest, factual advice.

I did use the marker to paint the edge black and had five strokes on each side with slurry to see that I actually was honing evenly along all of the edge. And also that I had double bevel. I honed some more and got it back to the state where it cuts arm hair at the skin level. Not exactly effortless but big improvement. Then I tried to shave. The middle part of the edge was almost bearable but near the heel and point was still dull.

A question to those who own Feather AC shavette and straight razors, is it possible to have the straight razor blade as sharp as feather blade? After my ten shaves with TI, I learned to shave with Feather and maybe my sharpness expectations are too high now?

At the moment I don't have 1k stone for setting the bevel.

The link to coticule.be seemed like a treasure chest of information, I will for sure continue digesting all sources I have found. SRP wiki, B&B forum, youtube celebrities etc. In the end it is me who needs to do the hours and learn a new skill by practicing. A lot.

Originally Posted by elmoensio

Everyone, thank you so much for the encouraging words and honest, factual advice.

I did use the marker to paint the edge black and had five strokes on each side with slurry to see that I actually was honing evenly along all of the edge. And also that I had double bevel. I honed some more and got it back to the state where it cuts arm hair at the skin level. Not exactly effortless but big improvement. Then I tried to shave. The middle part of the edge was almost bearable but near the heel and point was still dull.

A question to those who own Feather AC shavette and straight razors, is it possible to have the straight razor blade as sharp as feather blade? After my ten shaves with TI, I learned to shave with Feather and maybe my sharpness expectations are too high now?

At the moment I don't have 1k stone for setting the bevel.

The link to coticule.be seemed like a treasure chest of information, I will for sure continue digesting all sources I have found. SRP wiki, B&B forum, youtube celebrities etc. In the end it is me who needs to do the hours and learn a new skill by practicing. A lot.

I use a feather DX Shavette for my head but a straight for my face, and as of right now, FOR ME the answer is No. I've heard it is possible, but I think it takes more experience than I have, and you have to reach for more of a ultra high grit synthetic finish for such results. But most of the time people opt for the smoothness from their natural coticule or jnat rather than the keenness that comes with the feather. But believe me the edges are very much keen enough for an enjoyable shave.