Thread: First post, First straight razor, First question!

While I was at my hair stylist today she mentioned that she has a shear sharpener guy she swears by. I asked her if he did straight razor honing and she contacted him. Turns out he does! So I am going to compare mine honed by the local guy and the one Lynn did for me that is in the mail! If they feel and perform the same then at least I know the honing did the trick and that there's someone local I can support! If the local guy's honing isn't up to the Lynn's level, then I'll know in the future where to send out my blades for honing

FYI: I'd ask if he shaves with a straight and what process he uses to hone. We have a local guy who doesn't shave with a straight and doesn't use stones to hone. Some sorta belt contraption. I wouldn't let him touch any of my razors. Besides, if he doesn't shave with a straight, he doesn't have a clue if a razor is shave ready.

Excellent points. I was planning on asking him what his process was and if I could watch, but I didn't think about asking if he shaves with a straight razor!

Today I shaved with my new Boker King Cutter 5/8" that I got from SRD. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Definitely sold that the old blade needs a proper honing. The Boker is much lighter than my TI and considerably louder which is great (I like the feedback). I was pretty nervous going into the shave knowing this was a properly honed blade, but no bleeding! I do have a lot of practice to get my angles down so I'm sure over time I'll get that super-close shave going

Thanks for all of the help everyone!