Thread: Hello from Maryland / Question I was unable to find an answer for

Thanks, you guys are great. I have been practicing on the Krieger for the past week, only about 20-30 minutes at day though. Tonight I am just going to try and shave with it to see how well/bad I did. Someone had asked what kind of 12K stone I have. I am honestly not sure, its the 12k water stone from classic shaving. Thanks again for everyones help

Originally Posted by Rolltide98

Someone had asked what kind of 12K stone I have. I am honestly not sure, its the 12k water stone from classic shaving. Thanks again for everyones help

Sound like you have a C12K - They are a nice slow cutting stone. Most of us have them one here and they work well.


Good luck with your test, if its not right now keep at it and watch lots of videos, you will get there.

Originally Posted by paco

Originally Posted by Havachat45
I have no experience with Krieger, however, I would learn to hone on it - even if it only lets you experiment with pressure, slurry, tape or the general muscle memory required for proper honing


Not arguing here just trying to understand how ya'll are saying practice honing on a blade that may not ever get shave ready can help learn strokes and pressure. If it won't sharpen correctly then the stroke and pressure says nothing. This is only my opinion and am greatly known for being wrong.

Tim: welcome and congrats on the success with the shaving.

I can see your point Paco (and take no offence) and FWIW I'll share my reasoning and shaving history so it may become clearer.
I started to learn about straight shaving on You Tube and Google (how I missed this place is beyond me) and, being on a budget, I bought a GD from eBay.
It did not shave at all well straight out of the box so I thought I'd try a different razor.
I then bought a strop and 'titanium' razor set, again from eBay.
Same result.
I then found this site and had a BFO (Blinding Flash of the Obvious) - the razors and strop I had bought were rubbish.
Considering that I had them I thought I would try to hone them and see how they turned out 'cause they couldn't get any worse and I couldn't afford more expensive ones at the time.
Given that I had nothing to compare them to, they shaved OK - at least a lot better than when I got them.
I then purchased a shave ready razor from the classifieds and had a known edge to compare with.
That is when I really started to learn.
I can now get a shave ready edge from both of the c%%p razors that I had originally bought and have now got 5 that I have restored and honed (not including them).
The point that I am trying to make is that, with practice, you can get a shave ready edge off almost any blade - how long it lasts is another matter entirely - but it does help you learn the basics of honing without the risk of stuffing up your good blade.
This has worked for me.
Cheers,
Geoff

Ok guys i have some good news and bad news. Bad news, the cheap razor I have been practicing honing on was not shave ready when I tried it. So its back to the stone with that. Good news. I must have learned how to correctly strop because after stropping lastnight I got the best shave with my Dovo. I had no idea stropping could make that much of a difference