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06-29-2012, 12:27 PM #1
Newbie help!!
Hi, I'm totally new to straight razor shaving and am still using my cheap shavette as practice, and feel confident I can progress onto a straight, I'm on an extremely tight budget and cannot afford a new razor or one good enough to shave with yet so I have bought a job lot off eBay for very little money.. The scales are in acceptable nick and the blades themselves were a little rusty but have come up ok with hours (around 20 for all three!!!) of rubbing down with different grades of wet and dry. They need honing but theirs no way I can afford to buy a stone, I was wondering if it is possible to hone them with 2000, 2500 wet and dry folded around a block and use that as a 'stone'. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm dying to get into proper straight razor shaving with a proper straight but my budget is very limited. P.s, I'm in the uk so there isn't a Walmart or tool shed store here!!