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08-15-2014, 05:25 PM #11Senior Member
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Welcome to SRP, Gotea! Take it slowly and you will be fine. Good luck!
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08-15-2014, 05:28 PM #12Senior Member
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Welcome to SRP Gotea! We look forward to your input as you continue the journey. If you have difficulties maybe about 150 of us will come over to help you along.
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08-15-2014, 05:40 PM #13Junior Member
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Thank you Razorfeld! I've been watching the videos, (what a great resource!), I think Ed had some great advise on getting an inexpensive razor to practice on before I even think about sharpening my vintage razor. I'm starting to get, it's one of those endeavors where the more you know, the more realize what you don't know. I purchased an inexpensive Solingen, $9 off the Bay to practice on. Last night I went to the honing section here on SRP, and I was kind of overwhelmed with all the info., I'll wade through it but whew, there's a lot of info. there!
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08-15-2014, 06:51 PM #14Senior Member
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Welcome to SRP. Take your time, it will come. Just started a couple month ago and getting better. Originally from Makaha, Oahu!
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08-15-2014, 07:10 PM #15Shaveurai
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The wife and I honeymooned in Oahu in 97, many fond memories.
Welcome to this great community. Any advice this Scotsman can offer feel free to ask.
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08-15-2014, 08:19 PM #16Senior Member
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please do yourself a favor and get one pro honed or your first experience may not be a fine experience ,, you must know what a properly honed razor is before you can tell if your hone job is right, a knife edge isn't what you want to shave with ,, and learning to shave is enough at one time , honing can come later good luck tc
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08-15-2014, 08:54 PM #17No that's not me in the picture
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Welcome and be sure to post some razor pics!
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08-16-2014, 03:33 AM #18Junior Member
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Eddy79,
great advise about having somebody that knows what they're doing sharpen the test razor first for a frame of reference. As a newbie, how would I know if was getting a great shave vs an acceptable shave? Also, if the reason I was not getting good results was due to me or the razor. Any suggestions on a person I could send it to? The test razor arrived today. Thank you so much for the sound advise!
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08-16-2014, 03:44 AM #19Junior Member
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Thank you TC! Eddy79 suggested the same thing, and it sounds like a very good idea! I'm clueless here. Thank you!
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08-16-2014, 02:48 PM #20Senior Member
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Have a look through the member services here and you can't go wrong. There is a bloke in Hawaii runs aframes Tokyo might be able to help with honing closer to home but don't know for sure. Good luck
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