Thread: Genco blade

If the seller said it was shave ready than chances are it is. If you haven't shaved with a straight yet give the SRP beginner's guide a once over, if you have already shaved with straights you'll know if it is shave ready when you try it out.

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I have purchased several razors off of eBay that were listed as shave ready, wanna guess how many actually were? For a truly shave ready, you need to buy from some one reputable and known for good work or else learn to hone 'em up yourself. The only ones I trust are listed here in the classifieds.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

If the seller said it was shave ready than chances are it is. If you haven't shaved with a straight yet give the SRP beginner's guide a once over, if you have already shaved with straights you'll know if it is shave ready when you try it out.

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Yes I do believe I will be able to tell but the only difference is it has a little more of a square point than my current one

Originally Posted by guitstik

I have purchased several razors off of eBay that were listed as shave ready, wanna guess how many actually were? For a truly shave ready, you need to buy from some one reputable and known for good work or else learn to hone 'em up yourself. The only ones I trust are listed here in the classifieds.

I would love to start honing I am usually an all in guy when I pick up something so getting honing stones are next on my list if you have any suggestions that would be great

Also I cannot see the classifieds for some reason

Past experience with forums is that I have to make a certain amount of post before it is available but not sure how many or if that is the case here or not

Originally Posted by Antzgarciak7

I would love to start honing I am usually an all in guy when I pick up something so getting honing stones are next on my list if you have any suggestions that would be great

My suggestions will differ greatly from the majority of those here, but for starting out I would suggest getting three Arkansas stones, coarse, fine and extra fine. You could add the extra, extra fine stone if you wanted but it isn't necessary. Look here for a kit Arkansas Sharpening Stone Kits with 3 Stones
I can guarantee that others will chime in and tell you to get the Norton or Naniwa stones, those are all fine stones but I would stick with the natural stones and learn on them before moving on to the more "exotic" rocks. That's just my two cents, now I am broke from RAD overload.

Originally Posted by guitstik

My suggestions will differ greatly from the majority of those here, but for starting out I would suggest getting three Arkansas stones, coarse, fine and extra fine. You could add the extra, extra fine stone if you wanted but it isn't necessary. Look here for a kit Arkansas Sharpening Stone Kits with 3 Stones
I can guarantee that others will chime in and tell you to get the Norton or Naniwa stones, those are all fine stones but I would stick with the natural stones and learn on them before moving on to the more "exotic" rocks. That's just my two cents, now I am broke from RAD overload.

Looks like you will be his broke two cents mentor if he goes that route, stick!

Originally Posted by guitstik

My suggestions will differ greatly from the majority of those here, but for starting out I would suggest getting three Arkansas stones, coarse, fine and extra fine. You could add the extra, extra fine stone if you wanted but it isn't necessary. Look here for a kit Arkansas Sharpening Stone Kits with 3 Stones
I can guarantee that others will chime in and tell you to get the Norton or Naniwa stones, those are all fine stones but I would stick with the natural stones and learn on them before moving on to the more "exotic" rocks. That's just my two cents, now I am broke from RAD overload.

I started with Arkansas stones because I had then from many years of knife sharpening. They can put an awsome edge on a razor but they are slow and I could see an inexperienced person having problems. I now use Norton 1K, 4K/8K and a Naniwa 12KSS. I will soon be adding a black or trans Arkansas as a finisher.

Originally Posted by john3126

I started with Arkansas stones because I had then from many years of knife sharpening. They can put an awsome edge on a razor but they are slow and I could see an inexperienced person having problems. I now use Norton 1K, 4K/8K and a Naniwa 12KSS. I will soon be adding a black or trans Arkansas as a finisher.

They are somewhat on the slow end of the spectrum but that is what makes them good teaching stones. Go slow and check progress every so often and learn what to look for. Someone new to honing won't know how far is to far and fast stones can eat a razor quickly. We had a member here recently that found out the hard way.

thanks for all of the input I am currently doing research on all of the stones listed here.

I know that I will not need one for a while as long as I strop correctly and take care the blade but I still like to know how to fix my own toys so this is all useful