Thread: What-Ho from Guernsey

Hello, everyone,
I'm just starting out on the Straight Razor trail after many happy years of DE shaving. My beginners kit is my old DE gear (Semogue 1460 boar, Tabac stick, and Merkur 11C with various blades- love the Treet carbon steel) plus a Ford & Medley 6/8", a First English leather strop ( an e-bay purchase) and my Grandfather's "Thuringian Celebrated Water Razor Hone", which I found in my toolbox.
The Ford & Medley is an unused 80-year old blade, restored and scaled by Steve at The Invisible Edge, and a lovely job he's done.
I'm reading as much as I can and watching some videos. There's a lot to learn, but no hurry. I really appreciate all the help and information available at SRP.
I wonder if anyone with more experience thinks that the kit I have should keep me going indefinitely, given that if I buy another razor it wii be a shave-ready one. I don't see myself restoring old, blunt razors, just maintaining one that's already been sharpened by an expert. If not, what should I be thinking about buying next?
Thanks for reading and happy shaving.

Paul

I'm going to suggest you wait on to much more buying until you've got the shave down. Alot of members here will hone your blade for reasonable prices and until you know you have the shave down it will be very hard to know if you are honing properly. You need to know what you are doing and what a properly honed blade should feel like first.
Note: I'm still not at the hone myself stage, I have a few problem areas with the shave I'd like to settle first.

Thanks for that advice. I'm working on the shave and stropping, and know what a properly honed blade feels like thanks to Steve at The Invisible Edge and the shave-ready Ford & Medley. I just wondered if the Thuringian stone would let me touch up the edge when the stropping doesn't seem to do it any more.
Or should I be thinking about a pasted strop and leave the stone for later?

Paul