DE shaver taking the plunge...
Hello Gentleman,
My name is Rick Charles and I currently shave with a DE (Gillette Ball Tech, and Gillette SS), and love it. I've had my grandfather's Genco straight for some time now, and it was pretty dirty and really showing it's age. So I took some time last week and went into my father's knife shop and cleaned the razor up on his polishing wheels. It looks great, but now I need to have it honed.
I watched many a video on razor honing, and tried it myself on dad's stones..he's got a ton of them ranging from 1200-8000 grit. The razor will shave my arm like butter, but after prep and lathering up the other day, that first pass on the face told me it's not "face" shave ready, lol.
Anyway, I just wanted to come over here and learn what I can about shaving with straights, as well as possibly getting a few honing tips. I'll spend some time reading through the forum because many of my questions will probably be answered by doing so. Thanks in advance and for letting me in, lol ;)
Rick