Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Have you ever had a razor honed to shave ready by someone like Lynn or Glen (gssixgun) ? If the only straight you have shaved with is the one that you have honed you don't know what "sharp" is. Get one honed by Lynn or Glen and then you will have something to compare your own efforts to . Keep one or better yet two shave ready by a honemiester and get a few more off of ebay to practice on. Prep and technique are other possible issues but until you get a truly sharp razor those cannot be evaluated.
Yeah, I had a razor honed by the venerable Mr. Abrams.

The man ...the myth .. lol.

No offense .. I couldn't resist.

To me, that's my baseline for sharpness. I have a few blades that I self honed that is as sharp as the one I recieved from Lynn. All the others seem to fall into the category that I outlined above.

I dont understand it, really ... It seems that I can only sharpen some blades... and that's weird to me.