Thread: Hello and Redtrader99 beginner sets

The second razor would be a good idea. It is all to commomn for a new guy to dull his first razor with improper stropping. Usually they use to much pressure and/or have to much slack in the strop

Thanks for all the input here. My current status is that Tony is working on a 4- sided pasted paddle for me and I've ordered 2 more razors with none received yet. (My wife is buying new living room lamps so I'm not in trouble yet). The second is a Robeson Shuredge from Bob Keyes and the third is Joe Crowley's last G&F plain jain (a new 6/8ths rounded) versus the other 2 which are used 5/8ths pointed models

The hardest part of this process is that I can't seem to get away from the Board and reading threads. I just discoved the archived help files and the concept of pyramiding with the Norton. Is there a similar pyramiding concept with the paddle?

Pyramiding with the paddle strop is not advisable because of cross contamination of grits.

Originally Posted by schatz

Thanks for all the input here. My current status is that Tony is working on a 4- sided pasted paddle for me and I've ordered 2 more razors with none received yet. (My wife is buying new living room lamps so I'm not in trouble yet). The second is a Robeson Shuredge from Bob Keyes and the third is Joe Crowley's last G&F plain jain (a new 6/8ths rounded) versus the other 2 which are used 5/8ths pointed models

The hardest part of this process is that I can't seem to get away from the Board and reading threads. I just discoved the archived help files and the concept of pyramiding with the Norton. Is there a similar pyramiding concept with the paddle?

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Pyramiding with the paddle strop is not advisable because of cross contamination of grits.

Agreed. I never pyramid with my paddle; not because of cross contamination, but just because I've never needed to. Moving along the grits succesively has always worked fine for me. However, I don't think I've ever overdone it on one paste to require any sort of pyramiding.

If I feel the blade isn't as keen as it could be after I'm done. I'll usually go back one or two grits. I never had a blade at a point that I needed to entirely redo the process.

Also, before moving from one paste to another, I ALWAYS wipe the blade to prevent any contamination. I also perform a little testing to see where I'm at as well.

These are just my methods. I've had more than satisfactory results with them so far, so I figured you might get something out of them as well. Just my 2¢.