Thread: Need Honing Assistance

Ryan, I would recommend you send it out to be re-honed professionally. Maybe there is someone close to your area. You see honing can be rather difficult, and if you do not have a shave ready straight to compare to, your skills may not become as good as they can. Learning everything at once is a large obstacle to overcome, take it a bit at a time.

I understand your feelings of the first shave, it is really disheartening but I bet maybe 90% of this community experienced a dreadful first shave, especially if their beards are coarse.
I imagine one of your problems may have been angles, or perhaps even a rolled edge. The angles of a real straight vs a feather are completely different so thats why I think that may have been one of your problems. Also you need a slight bit more pressure with a real straight than you do with a feather, and this too can make the razor pull, I only figured that out recently.

Take your time in learning, start with your cheeks, then work your way to the harder parts.

And remember. Slow, smooth. Smooth is fast.

Good luck and keep us updated