Thread: Finally Diving In!

I believe that you would require different relative angles depending on the blade width, also 5/8 razors are the recommended size when starting out from what I have seen.
If you like the gold.dollar, then keep using it, I have heard that they are not well liked is because they are quite hit and miss with quality control, but once they are actually honed to shave ready they are perfectly good razors, though I have never owned one so that is based on various comments I have read by others.
I would refine your technique with the gold dollar if that's your preferred razor, then once you have got good shaves reasonably consistently then revisit your other razor.
Sorry if you have said but where did the no name come from? Bear in mind that shave ready means different things to different people. I saw a razor on eBay that was described as having been honed on a 12k stone and should be shave ready. The should is the worrying part there, either it is or it isn't as far as the seller is concerned.

I think I'm going to take your advice Ed and send my "shave ready" out so that it can actually get shave ready. I tried again yesterday after using the gold dollar for a couple days with the no name vintage just to see if the first shave with it was a fluke. Sure enough, it still didn't feel right in my hand and it was an uncomfortable shave. Seems like it pulling my hair. That was definitely the last time using it until its professionally honed. I bought it off of ebay and the seller wrote in the advertisement it had been honed on 4k, 8k, 10k stones. I have another razor to send out as well so I'll send out both of my vintage razors while continuing with the gold dollar.