Thread: A fairly simple question...

New guy, bought 2 new TI celebration razors. I have had a great time learning this new skill over the last 5 months. My stropping is still sloppy compared to the folks I see in the videos, but I am still getting good shaves. However, I foresee a time in the near future a time when I am going to have to take these nice razors to stone. Concerned I am going to do more damage than good b/c I have the standard Norton 4/8. Should I get a better finishing stone since these razors were set up very nicely by TI before sending them to me?? Any suggestions??

Send one to a honemeister. Keep one.

When you get the razor back, you'll know what "sharp and smooth" are, and you can try to replicate that with your set-up.

The 4/8 is a good stone. Take your time on the 8K, and you can polish a blade to an extremely comfortable shave. Get a finisher when you can shave comfortably off your 8K, otherwise you'll be "finishing" an edge that wasn't necessarily ready to be "finished".

+1 on the above. Frankly, I think you will find that the TI edge can be improved upon.

Any Honemeisters in the state of Oregon??

PM sent. Hope this helps.

Another alternative is to check the SRP Classifieds under Services and see who is offering honing services. Most of the honing is done in that manner. Trying to find a honemeister in your backyard is a bit difficult.