Thread: Question about new Thiers-Issard and technique

Originally Posted by stove

Just noticed we are both from Denver joined the forum in Sept and have the same post count.

haha I didnt see that. Nice! Hopefully things are progressing nicely for you. What have you done about honing here in town (actually in or close to Denver) or have you just sent stuff out? I had one hones locally and that is all i have needed so far....but I have one on the way that will need a fresh honing for sure.

I jumped in with both feet. I've got 6 razors that came shave ready. Plus I bought a set of hones, pastes and a bunch of antique store razors and a couple gold dollars to learn on. I think I have 15 razors now. To be honest, I'd have to count.
I'm getting a consistent edge off the hones now and I'm fairly confident, but at first it was pretty hit n miss. I'd have an edge that seemed shave ready but wasn't and just kept working until I got it right.
My most recent purchase I took from antique store edge to shave ready without any issues. Also did some minor restore work -- I posted picts of it in another thread.
Where are you at in the city? I'm up north -- Westminster area.

Central Denver, just south of Downtown. Westminster isn't too far off for me. I haven't done anything with honing, but I am now 7 razors deep and have 2 in the mail...lol. I should probably look to the next step and get at least enough of a hone to do some touching up. I need to see how this next one comes in before I decide what the next steps are.

Well if you go with norton stones let me know. I have an extra flattening stone I can contribute to the cause. I bought it off Amazon and the plastic box it came in was cracked in the mail. I emailed the seller to ask for a replacement box, they never replied, but instead just sent me a second stone. So now I have two.