Thread: New to straight razors

I am from MA. Just bought myself a Torrey razor on ebay. Where is a good place to get the rest of the things that I need to get started? Also I am assuming the razor I just bought will have to be sharpened, is this a safe assumption?

-Matt

From eBay, it will almost certainly need sharpening -- that is, it will have a rounded or damaged edge. "honing" is the step after "sharpening".

There's a lot of stuff in the Wiki. Until you have the razor in your hands, it's pointless to speculate about how much work it'll be to get it to "shave-ready" condition.

CHarles

I am a Celtics fan not Redsox. Baseball is too slow for me. Thanks for the advice. Once I get the razor I will have a better idea of what work needs to be done to it.

Welcome to SRP! Glad to have you here. As other have said it will need to be honed. For what you'll need check out the WIKI..theres tons of info there and any other questions just ask

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