Thread: First honing on vintage razor

Be sure and let us know how the shave went.

Bob

Hello gentlemen.
So today I test shave the rehoning razor. By the way is a 5/8 bagpiper Solingen.
The filing was great in 3 passes wtg, etg and atg.
First time I shave with an old razor, it seems to me a little bit radical compeer to my dovo.
Any way the operation first time honing a vintage straight razor ended perfect.
Again thanks everybody for the good advisees.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

..... I got back to the 1k, recheck the bevel, and go back up, spending a little more time on each stage than I usually do.

Great advice, I'd follow it. Given my limited experience I think there is much to learn with each razor at each step along the way.

Steve

Originally Posted by vsmirnios

Hello gentlemen.
So today I test shave the rehoning razor. By the way is a 5/8 bagpiper Solingen.
The filing was great in 3 passes wtg, etg and atg.
First time I shave with an old razor, it seems to me a little bit radical compeer to my dovo.
Any way the operation first time honing a vintage straight razor ended perfect.
Again thanks everybody for the good advisees.

All is well that ends well.

Bob