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I have looked in our own classified and found some great deals there. I do want to practice my honing however, so the butterknives from eBay are perfect :)

Actually, I'm rather enjoying getting...

I just shaved with the breadknifed razor and I must say that it's finally a success. Took about a week and LOTS of honing but it got there. I'm waiting on my go to razor to come back from its...

The inking the edge thing has been rather invaluable for me. It's a clear visual reference telling you that you are doing something wrong. I finally got the ink to come off evenly on this razor. It...

I taped the spine and inked the edge and tried again. It seems that the wear is even on spine, at least the wear on the tape looks uniform all the way. I did notice that on the downstoke (going...

The one that was breadknifed is a Crown & Sword with a full hollow grind. The other stubborn one, of which I do not know its history, is a "W.H. Morlly & Sons, Clover Brand, Germany.

The stones...

I have about 10 razors now, including my working razor that I purchased from Bob Keys about 3 years ago. After about 3 days of honing, flattening, stropping, etc. I actually got 3 of those old razors...

You mention using tape on the 1k stone. I assume that carries over to the rest of the stones. If I use tape on one I must use it all the way down the line, is that correct?

Thanks, that made sense.

I went ahead and flattened my stone, wow, they were not even close to flat. I put pencil marks on then and the middle of the stone cut long before I finally got the edges...

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I appreciate you reinforcing those images but I'm still not sure what to do. I see that it explains what the different bevels are but I don't know how to choose which one I want or how...

As far as 'setting my bevel', I looked at Lynn's DVD (nothing on bevels there) and here but I see nothing on how to actually set the bevel. I see explanations on the different bevels but not how to...

I did play with the stones a bit last night. I took a really horrible razor that couldn't even cut arm hair and when I finished, it still couldn't...

I didn't use the flattening stone first. just...

OK, I bought it. Divorce coming soon (unless I can sharpen the hell out of some kitchen knives...)

I'm looking to buy the Norton Waterstone Starter Kit on Amazon.com for $135. I have been shaving with a straight razor for about 2 years now. I shave with a razor that I bought from Bob's Razors...