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Since I posted, i was on the perfect edge's website...pricing some shaptons....should I really go up to 30K....oh man...


DO I really need the "pool?"

Thanks! I'll give it a shot tonight. I love the thought of being really self sufficient with razors. The fact that I even got the almost decent shave I got with an edge I put on myself makes me...

OH! It was definitely NOT popping hairs off the arm without touching the skin! It shouldn't be doing that after 1K, though, right, that would be a sign I was pretty close to done, I would think! I...

LOL, yeah, this was my first attempt at Honing. I am a honing newb.
It gets WAY more in depth!
The basics are surprisingly simple...though as you can see....still not easy.

Hmmmm....that really solidifies it. Much more work to be done on that 1K.
I wouldn't think I'd have gotten even the results I did off the 8K and 12K if my owrk on the 1K was insufficient. Well,...

Thanks for the advice. I'll hit it again tonight, spending more time on the 1K this time.
I have a Double Arrow from KenRup, which was my first straight. It is actually one of my best shavers. ...

So, I got a Double Arrow (two, actually) off the 'bay (one of them is so misaligned that it hits the scales an inch into the blade...I'll leave that one for a while).
The one I decided to give a...