Originally Posted by
q31
it's just hard for me to figure what I'm doing wrong. When the Fromm was fresh out of the box I stropped it and shaved. From that shave on it's been all down hill. Let me ask someone this question. When Honing how much pressure are you fellas talking about? Some guys say no pressure, some guys say little pressure, but pressure is such an impossible thing to explain through writing. It's like trying to describe a color to someone that they've never seen before. Pressure. What kind of pressure should I be putting on the blade when honing? Just under it's own weight or just push on it lightly enough to still have color under my fingernails or push on it hard enough to make it white under my fingernail tips? I'm just not doing something correctly and it's going to drive me nuts. As far as video goes, if you search on the USA version of youtube and put in "straight razor ToxikWaste" he's the guy I'm doing my best to copy.