Thread: Hello From Turkey

Greetings!

I've got my first straightrazor yesterday from my uncle. He said the blade was his granddad's and it's unused. It's a Kron-Punkt Solingen blade.

I always had the interest on the issue, now with the blade I went to the place where they sell barber equipment in Istanbul. Sadly, even the barber suppliers don't have any honing equipment or strops, only one had a few vintage straight razors that's all.

So I went to the place where they sell sharpening equipment yet again they only sell stuff for machine use. But I managed to find some Candia stone which is 1200 grit. I sharpened my razor and shaved after well moisturising my face. However the result was pain and blood I guess it wasn't sharp enough. I also used a good leather belt as a strop but still wasn't enough. So now I'm looking for an 8000 grit sharpening stone and actually liked the experience. I'll carry on using the disposable razor one and get back to my straightrazor as soon as I find that high grid stone.

That covers my story.

All the best,

Welcome to SRP

Here is some info on the Razor, it has been some time ago but IIRC they are very good shavers...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...lp-please.html


Also there is a Turkish Oil Stone that I have heard is a rather fine finisher, but I have not used it myself YET !!!!

Thanks gssixgun,

According to this guy(sorry it's in Turkish) Candia stone is the Turkish Oil Stone. Which is 1200 grit. And yes the razor is very nice. It makes a sound when stropping. Quite scary

Welcome to SRP.
if you are willing to send your razor to USA i would gladly hone your blade.
of course this is free offer.

I am always very hesitant to put a grit rating on any natural stone, and there are different rating systems...
Check out Turkish Oil stones in the Hone Forum, see if they are the same..

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

Welcome to SRP.
if you are willing to send your razor to USA i would gladly hone your blade.
of course this is free offer.

Thanks man, I appreciate the offer but it too costly both time and money-wise to send the blade overseas.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I am always very hesitant to put a grit rating on any natural stone, and there are different rating systems...
Check out Turkish Oil stones in the Hone Forum, see if they are the same..

I've checked. It's indeed the same stone. I completely agree on not putting a grit though. But I think it's safe to say that it can't be more than 2000 which still carves my face down