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Lynn, thanks for these tips, i really appreciate it. I'm not trying to knock your honing which is why i came here first to get some feedback. i'll try a more vertical angle and hopefully that is...

interesting. is there anyone else who went from a shavette to the real thing like I did and experienced something similar? If so, what was the result? I'm going to give it another go tonight (had an...

yeah i was thinking about giving it one or two more tries first, paying a little more attention to how i hold it, angles etc.

OK that's what I'll do. i wanted to get some good feedback from this crowd first, which i have done, and with a little more information in hand i'll be better prepared to discuss options with SRD....

certainly. I considered that aspect of it as well. i did strop it before use, but only because i was instructed to do so by SRD. after shaving, each time i dried then oiled the blade. while my...

I understand that Lynn is great and everything but does the possibility exist that my razor was not honed properly enough? If so is there any way to tell?

OK it's technique. That's fine, I'm willing to work at it, but do ya guys have any specific advice on the technique such as angles etc? I realize it will take practice but can you post some good...

I have been using a parker shavette using half of a double blade for the last few months to get used to straight razor shaving and make sure i like it before spending the money on a real one. i'm...