Thread: Bee Stings and Razor Nicks, thoughts from a newbie

Originally Posted by Christel

Having bought a butter-knife dull razor and then simultaneously learned how to hone and straight shave, I'm inclined to agree that Sending the razor out to be honed is the smart way to go about it!

I have always struggled with this aspect. At one time I swore a guy needed to learn to hone asap. It seemed to me that a "newbee" would dull his blade faster than a veteran due to a multitude of reasons so the skill was paramount. Well at least I seemed to be dulling my blades rather quickly.

Of course I was/am personalizing.

Anyway, I began honing out of the gate. One day after some time I got a new blade in that was pre-honed. i was amazed at how sharp and smooth it was. I had done myself a disservice by not benchmarking to a hone master s. I had succumb to bad hones lol! My bad hones. Lol!

Sending them out and knowing what a good edge is for a period of time might actually be a great idea .

Everyone's journey is personal I guess.

Too true, having that benchmark would have certainly made my life a lot easier at the beginning.

Hi and welcome. If you can a mentor is even better. I had an old barber hone my first razor and when I started honing he told me what was wrong and how t fix it. Wasn't long before I was doing all my own honing. Good luck

Hello, and welcome to SRP.

personsally I started with a shavvete and im suprised i hsve no scars and didnt cut myself that often.

I got a dovo straight as a gift and I promptly put it back in the box because I would have more luck shaving with a spoon

Originally Posted by shanky887614

personsally I started with a shavvete and im suprised i hsve no scars and didnt cut myself that often.

I got a dovo straight as a gift and I promptly put it back in the box because I would have more luck shaving with a spoon

I literally lol'ed!!!

All I can say is.... Luck has nothing to do with it .

Originally Posted by earcutter

I literally lol'ed!!!

All I can say is.... Luck has nothing to do with it .

I wouldn't eat my cornflakes with this one

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4oHzFNclzQ