Thread: 1st shave with self honed razor!

Originally Posted by netsurfr

Congratulations!
You are on your way to becoming a honemeister!!!

Cool, that was my goal before i started straight shaving (i think wayyyy ahead)
I wanted to be able to shave well with a str8, to be able to hone for others, and to be able to GIVE a good str8 shave... im not good enough to do that yet but in a month or two... well see. Ill post it if i give somone a shave. (Ill get the Mrs to photograph it)

Originally Posted by gssixgun

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOO !!!!!!

Yes it is a real sense of satisfaction, the next step is the first time you hone a bad/damaged blade back to shave ready.....
I remember my first bad frown on a razor from e-bay that I fixed and shaved with the next morning, a Fabyan "Electro" turning that frown upside down and shaving with it, was almost as good as the first one I ever honed.....

Congratulations you are now a self-reliant straight shaver

Thanks mate, it is sooo satisfying, iv been repeating how good it is to my friends and house mates

Do you have befor and after pics of this one you did?
Its funny I thought the next step for me was to make a razor out of a piece of metal (I have done a restore with made scales, its in 'workshop' forum).
But now, thanks to you guys, I have two closer achievable goals first; to shave somone else, and to restore a really beat up one. Yeah!
The ones iv restored so far are just rusty, I havnt found any razors that have bad chunks out of them or any thing.


Thanks guys
+Buckler

Well done lad. You're on your way to saving yourself a heck of a lot of hassle with having to send razors out to be sharpened.

Good Job overcoming the Learning Curve. This task is tough to master. You now know why we submit ourselves to frustration, depression, and anger in order to do something as basic as shaving without buying ready-made throw-away contrivances. No electricity needed. Think back and remember how essential the experience has been for personal accomplishment. Shaving with a piece of steel that has been restored (recycled) into something worthwhile and efficient is a DIPLOMA.. We learn what patience and goal-directed behavior is all about. Forums on this great site provide information and foster teamwork. Learning something difficult is true contentment. Now it is time to pursue the perfect razor, perfect hone, perfect strop, and all that...Ain't this a lot of fun now?