I subscribe to your honing videos and my razors are sharp and face soft as a baby's behind. They're tuned up to a tee! :njmy
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I subscribe to your honing videos and my razors are sharp and face soft as a baby's behind. They're tuned up to a tee! :njmy
Double thumbs up!
I'm a hobbyist and that does have some advantages, but the best way to be the best honer is sheer repitition, IOW lots and lots of practice. Lynn and Glenn get a lot of practice and when they talk, it's best to listen.
Cheers, Steve
I wonder how many people Lynn has helped with his videos, probably thousands. Glenn's videos are a delight, as much for his personality as for his excellent honing advice.
These two have been my go to for videos when I first started out honing.
I actually watched Glenns video on honing a smiling wedge today since it had been a while and was honing one for a friend. Very good knowledge from both.
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good point mdeamicis heres a few links top one is lynns 4k 8k circles the second is part one of Glenns wedge honing.
https://youtu.be/
https://youtu.be/wEtb9k3APYM
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I googled and then subscribed and I watched a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil129
Beyond the videos, there's a number of us who owe him a a much deeper debt of gratitude for personal instruction. Lynn is a true gentleman and I'm honored to have had the opportunity to learn a few things from him.
If you ever want to a spend a fantastic weekend talking razors, eating sushi and smoking good cigars.. go find Lynn.
He's tops with me.
Aloha!
Great thread gentlemen. And agreed. Lynn is the best. I studied his vids (along with Glenn's and others) for about two weeks before I put blade to stone. In cases like this, Youtube is priceless indeed. You basically have a master of the art in your home showing you how to do it.
BTW, I love Sushi and don't mind a good cigar once in a while, with some good Bourbon. If I don't get to Lynn, he's welcome to come to Hawaii. We have GREAT sushi here!
-Zip
Add a good single malt or a dry vodka martini (or 2) and you are describing the 2nd perfect weekend (wrong sex to be 1st).Quote:
Originally Posted by MW76
Five or six years back I watched gssixgun's video of the Naniwa progression. I followed that method straight away, bought my progress of Naniwa's and as regular as clockwork, some new comer asks about the best progression and method. Sure enough they watch the same video. Time is a great test, and for a honing video some five years or so ago to still be so relevant says it all.
Lots of great honing professionals out there, two of which you mentioned. I'm sorry that I'm not on this forum more often. I have gotten so aggravated with Windows 8, and now Windows 10, that I have been using my phone primarily and the SRP facebook account.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve56
Lynn (and probably others by now) has a YouTube video on honing with Shaptons. I rotate 7 Henckels 5/8" Friodurs (which I bought NOS from a member of this forum) and was able to nurse my last complete honing job for two years with refreshing with diamond paste on cloth strops (.50 and .25 micron). (Dr. Matt is also helpful with refreshing tips). Last weekend I did them all over from scratch and they shave like a dream.
One thing I learned is that I can't completely clone shaving and honing instructors. My method is kind of hybrid, with the actual instructions used as a basis and a little varying on my part. I don't hone often enough to completely internalize everything I'm taught, and if I haven't done it for two years a lot of it is learning over again. But thank goodness for the YouTube videos of people who do this on a regular basis. Glen is also an expert at honing and he is very helpful if you have a question. He is also good at scaling and pinning, which is something a guy like me with 10 thumbs can't tackle once the ball peen hammer fails to tighten the pivot point.
The big reason I'm a straight shaver is the great results. It never gets old because of the challenge of maintaining an excellent blade.
Thanks to everyone, too many to mention or even remember, for helping me develop into a straight shaver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quote:
Originally Posted by mdeamicis
I have used Lynn's videos as a guide for years. I am just a shaver, slightly a collector (about 12 razors). When I began I only had the Norton 4k/8k. This video helped me correct when I dulled the edges through poor stropping. And once or twice set the bevel on EBay acquisitions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
And later I used this one as a guide as all my later acquired hones are not Naniwas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
The videos help me refresh my skills. And when I need to refresh a razor this one helps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Lynn's original video got me started. I was doing fine for a long time with only this before I joined the forum.
In truth, without any experienced hands-on with those who hone circles around me, it has sustained me.
Good shaves, still on a pyramid. I recommend it highly.
Lynn is a dedicated dude. You can believe in his advise, IMO.
when I started straight razor shaving again, I watched Lynn's and GeoFatBoy's videos until I wore out my laptop. More important, Lynn will always go out of his way to answer questions and offer great advice. I really like the people who are part of our brotherhood. Very willing to share their advice and experience. My major question to Lynn was if he is so great and tests the thousands of razors he hones, how come he still has hair on his arms.
There's more than one way to skin a cat and more than one way to test if a straight razor is shave ready.
I guess if you have honed as many razors as Lynn you would have a good idea when it is ready .
Lynn tends to test with his thumb, not his arm hair.Quote:
Originally Posted by jkatzman
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.
ANY test used must be calibrated between test feedback and shave quality. Such calibration only can come from experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by JP5
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.