Good evening from Albuquerque
Good evening, just received my new straight razor from Jim, at vintage blades this afternoon (Jim included a free styptic pencil with the order, which was a nice touch! LOL). I have been using a safety razor for a few years now and switched to a Dovo Ebony Silver Steel razor. I picked up the razor, one of the hanging strop (already have a nice shavemac silver tip badger brush). I purchased Lynn's how to shave DVD as well. I do have a couple questions after watching the DVD.
1. The razor has to be stropped before use each time, how often does the razor need to be honed?
2. I was checking out the stones that were suggested in Lynn's DVD, and was going to purchase the norton 4000/8000 stone, the 12k natural finishing stone (Chinese quarried), norton prep stone, and the leveling stone. Do I need to get all those, since the Dovo I purchased was professionally honed by Lynn, before I bought it?
Thanks for the info!