Thread: Extra Hollow vs. Hollow vs. 1/2 Hollow

Originally Posted by Grazor

I actually didn't read the whole post, and was expecting the usual epic fail from the new member, " hey guys I bought this razor off Amazon and it shaved like sheet". You made some valid points, but assumed the op got a great shave first time up to bat. Compared to what, and how would he know? I think what everyone else is trying to point out is how much better it can be.

People will love me for this, but I don't particularly care. Böker are not Dovo, or Thiers Issard. They need as much "professional honing" as an Aust or a Revisor prior to use. None.

Besides, this "you need professional honing!!!!" knee jerk reaction will get you brownie points with the people who have a vested commercial interest in such replies. In reality, a touch-up on a mild abrasive (Chromium oxide, to name but one) will make most factory edges shave ready.

Someone once said that shaving with a straight razor isn't rocket science. It isn't. Let's not try to make it one.

'shaving with a straight razor isn't rocket science'
Here Here, at one time every Tom, Dick, and Harry could do it..to my knowledge, none of the three were rocket scientists. Well, roughly speaking, Dick may have been a rocket scientist.