The razor was gifted to me new in box. Will post a photo tonight, does this forum require outside image hosting or can i post photos directly to the site?
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The razor was gifted to me new in box. Will post a photo tonight, does this forum require outside image hosting or can i post photos directly to the site?
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Cool, sometimes you get lucky, I have honed some that were fairly well ground, but it is rare.
There's a possibility is a terrible edge, but i am able to shave with it. I'm new to honing razors, once i can take edge pictures i will post them as well.
I am wondering if since I am relatively young and my skin is still fairly tight, could that be covering the shortfalls of a poorly honed edge?
I am constantly amazed by edges of razors, folks send me, that they claim are shaving on.
But then, I recall guys shaving with old, scummy, throw away cartridge razors at the gym.
You might want to send a razor out for honing, so that you have a baseline, of what a straight razor should shave like.
My other razor is one i picked up in the classifieds here from gugi. He honed and stropped it before shipping so it was shave ready when it arrived, and it wasn't quite as smooth as the gold dollar is currently. Would you consider that a professional level hone?
As promised, a picture of the razor in question:
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I did manage to get a picture through my pocket microscope, quality isn't great, but here it is:
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The bright dots in the bottom third of the photo are honing fluid.
Note: this blade has not been stropped since sharpening
Just by looking at the white along the edge in that photo.. it looks rough.