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Interesting closure to a more than a year old, but never dead topic, and from the master himself :D Thanx Lynn!

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Hi Kelly,

On my second shave i also taped the blade on the sink, I didnt created a visible nick but "flatened" a good 3-4 mm portion at the tip. This was visible only if i held the blade against...

Hi Rob,

Mr Ham's razor spends more time in the air than on the strop, and i love that little loop he is doing above the leather side in 00:27 second of the video:)

Cooool:)

Hi guys,

Today was my shave test. Well, i tink still no go, but a little better every day:) Slow progress indeed... The razor is getting better at the hair test, shaving my arm hair with almost no...

what the!@#

http://www.heavenlyharvestinc.com/images/Mr%20Ham%20good%20one.AVI

http://www.heavenlyharvestinc.com/images/Mr Ham good one.AVI

Hi Randy,

The link for the stropping file is
http://www.heavenlyharvestinc.com/images/Mr%20Ham%20good%20one.AVI
I think it is realy nice stroppping example, athough the guy doing the stropping...

Today my razor passed the hair test!

I have done a couple of passes on the N8000, more to practice the stroke then to do actual honning. But then, i downloaded the movie from web called "Mr Ham...

I hope too...

Beard only grows daily... :( :D :D


Will keep trying

Guys, when I do the laps on my Norton 8000/wet, i dont feel any grinding motion between surface and the blade, it feels like am honing on glass. Is this rigt? I have a feeling that the dry method...

Thanx Kelly, i hope Dave will put the file into Files section...

Honed again... I will shave tomorow. This time i honed holding the razor between my left and my right arm, with hone lying on the...

Kelly, you were right, holding the honing stone in your hand gives much better control on the honing process. I have honed the razor once again, but still not sharp. i shaved a couple of inches, and...

Kelly, i think I know how i made duplicate posts. I was editing my message a lot (it might been 6 times?), as i was trying to upload my images on the server. I am not shure, but this might be the way...

BIG THANX to Kelly, and i agree with Randy, it is one of the best newbie replys:) Hope i will be better at this after some time and be able to help other straight razor begginers...

I am not...

Thanx Kelly,

I just did the agresive honing twice, and i will try to shave tomorrow.

How are you managing to hold the whole edge lenght on the stone? I have the wider version Norton combo,...

Thank you, i think that this is the kind of reassurance i was looking for. For my first honig i was very afraid thinking that i will ruin the blade, and did some pritty lousy job honing. Tomorow i...

Randy, thanks for all the info...

I now realize why the straight razor was dying breed, it involves so many different knowledge for materials, basic mechanics e.t.c., also there is a great deal of...

I forgot to ask, do i have to use the strop, and what side for howmany laps?

Randy, i will try this set, and see how it goes. I too think that #5 is a bit much, since i own a faster cutting Norton.

Well, back to the hone stone...

Hi Randy,

Thanx for the info. I have no problem practicing to get the hone technique right, only i am afraid to ruin my blade. But since mine is SS, I think it will happen more slowly:)

I like...

Conservative Honing Ratio



Set# 4000 Norton 8000 Norton

1 1 5 test
2 1 5 test
3 3 5 ...