Thread: Hello World, from Bowling Green, OH

Welcome to SRP!
Well that is a different honing strategy. I trust the second picture is a before shot.
most of the time razors do not need to go below 325 grit which is plenty fast enouh to remove a big nick in the blade. some folks might view 4 pasted strops as excessive, are they hanging or a paddle / bench hone? i would like to see your setup

It is good to see people take different paths to the achieve a good shave. gencos are nice shavers.

enjoy,
jim

Originally Posted by syslight

Welcome to SRP!
Well that is a different honing strategy. I trust the second picture is a before shot.
most of the time razors do not need to go below 325 grit which is plenty fast enouh to remove a big nick in the blade. some folks might view 4 pasted strops as excessive, are they hanging or a paddle / bench hone? i would like to see your setup

I bought a long 1" strip of 8oz thickness cowhide leather from a leather factory online and epoxied them to paint stirrers. I just use hand clamps to keep them in place on my desk. It keeps them steady and still so I can make precise and consistent strokes. I'll snap a photo when I have some better light.

Very interesting! If you ever want to try a more traditional honing set up, feel free to stop by my B&M workshop in Adrian, MI sometime and you're more than welcome to use some of my stones. I'm only about an hour drive from you. Welcome to SRP! Glad to see more in my area!

That sounds cool. I'm definitely interested because I've basically just adapted what I've learned and have from knife sharpening to razors. It is conceptually similar but it would probably be a lot easier with wider specialized hones like the norton ones I've seen on here.