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Life goals update: sell utopian restored razor.
(Utopian, I'm hoping you're in your 20s, this might take a while ;) )

Thanks. I expect you will be right Grazor but I'm an optimist :) Ken, that has a "common sense, sound advice's feel to it. There is no replacement for experience, never has been in my (ahem)...

Rob, you are a star. I thought I was going to have to look that up myself. Thanks

ok. baby steps. I've ordered a really cheap Chinese straight and a strap strop. Let's see how deep this rabbit hole goes.
I'm not expecting delivery before new year, so: See you on the other side,...

Thanks Ed. I'm ready to take the time. I've scaled back the ambition "a bit" to where now I want to learn to shave, strop and then hone. Once I'm comfortable with what I can do in a personal...

Is there a limit on the number of times I can press the thank button? (rhetorical)

Grazor, :) There is context but that would make a big screenshot.

The advice other (knife etc) sharpeners have offered has been sound, I'm trying to add to our collective knowledge, not correct...

apologies for the brutal summary ... but this is what I'm sharing with my knife sharpening peers:
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Thanks for the advice Robd

Srdjan. Good advice. Thanks. I'll add "step 6. Learn to say no" ;)

Thanks to each of you for those well thought out replies.

So, it is:
1. Buy razor (etc)
2. Learn to shave
3. Learn to strop
3a. Repair face
4. Learn to hone
4a. Repair face, replace ruined...

Good thinking. Thanks

I saw there's a sub-forum for this, so if it's inappropriate here tell me and I'll take the post down but ...

I PM'ed a veteran member to ask if he could offer me "A full honing setup" as per the...

Is that sufficient for avoiding cross contamination? Barbers I've spoken here to have said that it is sterilizing the strop rather than the razor that is the problem (and the reason only replaceable...

Addison - I'm usually more restrained in written media ... but like I said above, my understanding of what's offensive and an american (USA) understanding don't always overlap. Still, I'm here to...

MarkBigNoseKelly - Thanks! I'm reading my way through now. I had someone ask me "do I sharpen ..." and I've said "no but i will in a week". I'm starting to think the learning curve might be just a...

Thanks for the welcome! That was unexpected.
From what I've read so far, you are right on the money - great folk, great info :)

Hello. I'm a knife sharpener working in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in the UK. I'm an old fart with the usual habits and behaviors. I do not use a straight razor but need to learn how to sharpen them...