Thread: Hello from Panama60 in Oklahoma

Originally Posted by eddy79

Hi and welcome aboard. I would suggest sending a razor for a pro honing so that you have a benchmark to aim for. Starting out you would be surprised how much sharper a pro honing can be vs your own results(many of us learnt the hard way). Avoid buffing compounds they tend to have larger grit than you realize and can degrade the edge of the stones. If possible try meet with locals for some one on one. Good luck and any questions feel free to ask

Thanks for the advice Ed. On another thread, you have cautioned me about "ordinary" green honing compound and I've been reading up on compounds.
I'll keep my strops clean until I have a chance to talk to an old friend of mine that builds knives as a sideline. I'll also check on the return policy for the
compound I have coming any day now. I'm sure it is NOT razor quality.

Welcome to the forum!

Since you're going to be perusing antique stores, here's a list that has came in handy for me a multitude of times.

Brands of Straight Razors to Avoid - Straight Razor Place Library

A general rule is to stick with blades made in the US, England, Germany or Japan; in no particular order.

Another addiction you could get into is trying out different DE blades. It is eye opening at how differently blades will perform that appear identical.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome fellow veteran! Enjoy the site!

OMG! While dinking around the net, I found my unicorn. I gotta have it!

Boellis Panama 1924 shaving soap, I gotta have the cup!

Welcome to SRP! Great Intro and your energy is infectious... My AD's started peaking juat reading your Post!

Keep an eye out here:

Get Togethers and Meetings

... for Get Togethers and Meetings that may be loc for you. They are a ton of fun and you can learn a ton while having fun at the same time!

Shawn
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Welcome aboard!!
~Richard

Got to love those LST's and the amtracks. Been on a couple of those myself. Great pix. Brought back some good and not so good memories!