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Ok, so my first job this week finished a little early & I'm home for the afternoon before leaving out again in the morning. As promised, here are the improved photos. :)

First photo is a better...

Oh I wasn't discouraged at all! On the contrary I made good progress considering it's only my 2nd time trying to hone a razor & I learned quite a bit about my stones in the process.

Hotel rooms...

Against my better judgement (and the longstanding advice of this forum) I tried honing it tonight. My reasons were as follows;
1: I haven't had a SR shave since Monday because I sent my 2 good...

I'll try rigging up my good camera for some better shots next weekend. I'm leaving on another job in about 45 minutes, so that'll be the soonest I can manage.

Thanks all for the friendly comments.

I want to keep it like it is. Aside from a 1/2" crack in the far end of the scales (not the pin end) its really in good shape. I'll probably just take a...

That makes it a LOT more special for me! I love having old family things around me. I'd rather have this razor than any $2,000 Damascus masterpiece :) (or whatever they cost)

I dunno if any of you read my mention of this on the beginners forum, but when I told my dad I had started using a straight razor he dug this out & said I could have it. I remember seeing the razor...