Thread: Way to go, Lynn Abrams!

When you do it so long you have several ways to tell if the razor is ready.

He could also have smooth legs and a bald St Bernard in his back yard!
Funny thing is though, you really couldn't go by arm hair anyway since it is easier to shave than facial hair.

Originally Posted by JP5

you really couldn't go by arm hair anyway since it is easier to shave than facial hair.

ANY test used must be calibrated between test feedback and shave quality. Such calibration only can come from experience.

I learn the basics from Lynn videos years ago .Unfortunately they are purely made for newbees and totaly unexperienced honers .
Lately when i had enought practice i watched a Glen videos and they are made for more advanced people .No basics , just a pure tactics for honing diferent kind of edges on diferent stones - videos for medium level .
Advanced levell dont need videos hehehe. Anyway i like Glens video with the roling strokes and wedge grind blades , as it solve a lot of problems .Even an entirely straight blade needs rolling or X strokes to evaluate the edge at the tip and at the heel .

Want to add my debt of gratitude. I watched his shaving videos numerous times as I was considering transitioning to SRs from cartridges. Once I bit the bullet, I watched them again numerous times before and after my first 5-10 shaves. Thanks Lynn!

Same here

Lynn, Gssixgun and Bart are the ones I learnt from the most

Bart taught me how to hone on a Coticule and how to properly strop a razor in his kitchen, that was a great in-hand experience, it's that little personal coaching you can't teach via videos, my focus-point was mostly on how to strop properly.

Videos have made it 100 times easier to learn and have made it a relative easy thing if you're using a synthetic progression.


Needless to say this forum has been a go to place for any kind of razor related problems and pretty much anything gets solved while working together with the great members of this forum,

shave on brothers!

The videos are helpful but it is like hitting a baseball. Practice. Repetation is the mother of knowledge.

Watched him live...
Knowledgeable, yes.
Impressed...no.

I know this is off topic, but I inherited my great grandfather's razor and his father's razor (Solingen made) along with his natural combo Coticule/BBW and his Horsehide strop

I wish they could've taught me how to hone, shave, lather, strop, etc. all that good stuff (well, also all the other things besides shaving) I have his picture with his gear and I'm far from materialistic but it's something I highly treasure.

My grandmother (his daughter) told me he NEVER missed a day of shaving and never grew his stubble or had a beard. Dapper looking fella for a hard working farmer/man.

I lapped his stone a decade ago and wished I hadn't, IIRC it had obvious marks of being used with oil, but I'll never be 100% sure how he actually used his stone.
All I remember is that it was either glazed a lot, or was heavily used with oil; I imagine it would give a very slow and very fine finish.
His Coticules side was very dark as was his BBW side, the BBW didn't show any 'texture' only after it was lapped it was a BIG difference and showed the texture again, it looked more like a Thuringer, so I know he used both, I wish I knew how and why he used the Coti and BBW.

Lynn helped me before there was a YOUTUBE. I’d seen a video, not on YouTube of him honing a razor at a gathering in Knoxville Tn. I emailed him. We spoke on the phone numerous times. This was before SRP or SRD. HE ABSOLUTELY is the reason I can sharpen a razor.