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    Welcome to the forum.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marshal View Post
    I've been slowly teaching my knife making friend how to use his hones on Saturdays, when he teaches me how to forge knives. Maybe one day our skill sets will overlap. Good times.
    That sounds like a great way to spend some Saturdays.

    Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome! Reading through the forums I've been impressed with the welcoming and supportive community here so far.

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    Hello and welcome to SRP!
    Enjoy yourself here on the forum.

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    Hi and welcome aboard. Any questions feel free to ask
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    Hello, and welcome. Just make sure your razor is shave ready. by having it hone by a pro. That will take out 1 variable, so you can concentrate on on learning on how to shave with a straight!!
    We have no control of what other people do or say to us, but we have control to how we REACT !! GOD BLESS

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    Welcome to SRP, I will agree with the info already given. Learn to shave first and foremost shave the lather as they say. Light pressure especially since you stated you have sensitive skin. Map your beard so you know which way the hair is growing. Start slow and do pieces of your face at a time. Start with 1 cheek and once you feel you can shave that with comfort and ease then do both sides. Prep of your beard is very important if you don't properly prep your beard then shaving it will not be much fun. Blade angle is important as well but it changes on different parts of your face so you will learn that in time.

    Learning to hone and shaving at the same time is a difficult task. This is what I did and for every success I have I also have 2 failures which I learn from. I would recommend getting a barber hone or a 12k hone to maintain your razor first. As you get more into this and possibly start restore work then maybe look into different stones but for now maintaining your razor will be a great starting point. I would also recommend staying away from Gold Dollars, they have issues right from the box and IMO you will not learn anything but frustration from trying to hone these things. You can buy vintage blades for around $12 on ebay if you do some looking and you can use these to learn on, much better steel and in the end you can have a usable razor.
    Well this is enough rant from me for now feel free to ask any questions everyone on here is very helpful and there is lots of great advice on this forum. Best of luck
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