Hi all,


My wet shaving career began about 1.5 month ago. I have received a beard grooming gift from a friend and visited a traditional barber. I really liked the blades and the process so i got myself into it. I bought a stock Dovo Best Quality 5/8 with a Dovo strop and started to shave specific areas of my beard (neck and cheeks) every 2nd day to get used to the blade.


Unfortunately it was not shave ready as i discovered later when i found SRP. I sent my razor back to the store for honing and they told me it was ok, and that they just did a few passes over an oilstone (???).


I was not happy with the result as it doesn’t shaved arm hair. A couple of days ago i received a Norton 4K/8K and a DMT 325 for lapping. After a lot of reading and video tutorials i tried to bring my razor to a sharper state. I am not there yet, but i think it is getting better. I know i spent a fair amount of money for a starter but i really want to learn and revive arts like this.


Great job guys, really a ton of information, advice and friendly people here in SRP.


Panos