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Exciting day today. I received my new to me Henckels razor from Dylon @ Holly4's and I also received my Dovo red and black razor paste. Let me point out that the size of the package for that Dovo...

Well guys I am here to give you an update on my introduction to straight razor shaving and honing progress.

I received my King 4000 grit waterstone from Woodcraft on Saturday. I must have run...

The spine of the razor before I started on it looked nearly pristine - as far as I could tell. I paid less than $15 for it with shipping from Ebay.

The stone that I have coming is not a Norton. ...

Here are pictures of the razor itself:

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About a year ago I decided that it would be a good idea to have a decent microscope. At the current time I cannot remember what got me started on that but I picked up a used Swift microscope on Ebay...

Thanks for all the feedback guys.

I used the razor this morning on all of my face except for the chin. It went pretty well but I know that it can get better. At this point it felt kind of like a...

Guys I attempted another round of sharpening today. Same stone the 1000kx8000 Norton. I don't expect to receive the 4000 stone until Saturday at the earliest. I tried using a less pressure on the...

Guys I have given this blade a lot of honing. I think that with the 1k side I have worked through all the corrosion. At the beginning I even had little tiny holes that you could see through the...

Thanks for those quick responses.

I'm going to try to make a run out to Woodcraft today for a King 4000 grit waterstone - I don't want to have to mail order and wait.

I should hopefully also be...

Guys I am a new member. I have been making my way from a Gillette Sensor. I started using safety razors about two years ago. I tried a Gillette superspeed and liked it. I then went to the...