Thread: Challenge accepted

I bought way too much stuff way to early in this hobby/lifestyle and none of it really got me better shaves, because I switched it up too fast. My new advice is take it slow, all that stuff will still be there to buy tomorrow and it will still take the same amount of time to learn to use it correctly. I still wonder how much time I spend chasing my tail even now. There are many paths to the prefect edge and the perfect shave, but they are best traveled one at a time.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I bought way too much stuff way to early in this hobby/lifestyle and none of it really got me better shaves, because I switched it up too fast. My new advice is take it slow, all that stuff will still be there to buy tomorrow and it will still take the same amount of time to learn to use it correctly. I still wonder how much time I spend chasing my tail even now. There are many paths to the prefect edge and the perfect shave, but they are best traveled one at a time.

Same exact path I took early on, and the same result. If you include barber hones, at one time I had 60 hones. Sold most of them, and now only have one barber hone, and 22 others between natural and synthetic ....... like any normal person .........

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Same exact path I took early on, and the same result. If you include barber hones, at one time I had 60 hones. Sold most of them, and now only have one barber hone, and 22 others between natural and synthetic ....... like any normal person .........

I fall into the Normal category..

Completely agree with Rezdod! If your new to the adventure. Read everything that you can concerning Str8's; wait; and then wait longer and then ask; and then buy.

One of these days I'll show you an edge off Shapton GS stones to 16K, then finished on YG Escher...maybe at Charlie's.

I just stumbled upon this thread and I'm interested in seeing the outcome.



I trust that No Pasted Strops are to be allowed/just off of the hone then stropping on perhaps cloth and then leather?

Pastes aren't even in my vocabulary any more Roy.

Shave test went better than I was expecting. Against the grain just as smooth as with the grain. The ergonomics of this razor are stellar. Pin point control and an effortless shave, doesn't get much better than that!

and so, the price of a Manaslu just went through the roof.... =P

Originally Posted by Magpie

and so, the price of a Manaslu just went through the roof.... =P

They aren't cheap anyway, and I don't see any m500's at the moment.