Hi. How many shave can you get from shaving with a "good quality" (Sheifileld or Solingen) straight, properly honed by a pro and maintained with a very good stropping.
Could it be 20 shaves, 30 or more before going back to honing.
Thanks
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Hi. How many shave can you get from shaving with a "good quality" (Sheifileld or Solingen) straight, properly honed by a pro and maintained with a very good stropping.
Could it be 20 shaves, 30 or more before going back to honing.
Thanks
Depends on your skill with a strop and the particular razor. I think most people can go 2-6 months shaving every day without re-honing.
There was a story posted recently about an 80+ year old gentlman who had been using the same straight for his entire life with nothing but that razor and a strop. Never had it re-honed since the day he bought it, and was still getting perfect shaves.
Also, a simple barber hone, which can be had for $10-$40 can maintain a straight razor indefinitely if properly used. (provided you don't do anything clumsy to damage the edge)
Definitely what Steve said. If I may add this from my early experience with straights and not having developed proper technique. Given that my beard is probably tougher than most, I know for a fact that in the begening I was able to ruin a great edge in a single shave. I remember looking at a before and after bevel undermagnification and was disturbed by the deterioration one unskilled shave could produce. Forcing a respectable modern Dovo at the time at 90 deg with force destoyed the fine bevel. Maybe men with fine hair can get away with that better but I can't imagine even then going too long with out needing a bevel redone. I should have known from the first day that was wrong as I have been using planes and found long ago that skewing plane effectively lowers bevel angle and is much easier to breeze through highly figured maple and even end grain. Not that I don't like to sharpen, I also enjoy the work the blades are doing as well. Between plane blades, gouges and straights I am a sharpening madman.
For newbies that find their first shaves a little uncomfortable, hang out here at SRP and pay close attention to posts dealing with technique. Good technique will give you buttery smooth shaves that are beyond what you now think possible. You will be able to make multiple passes with grain against grain and every angle in between. Irritation will be the exeption and no longer the rule. But it does take time and potential depends entirely on your ability to keep an open mind. Learning is painful but the rewards are sweet, something our modern world has lost in the persuit of gains that require no effort.
Mike
Hi,
Like a lots of things, it is difficult to give specfic numbers because of the many factors involved.
Some examples:
I have found with my Dovo Best 5/8 1/2 hollow, that the edge defintely needs a touch up on a pasted strop after 10 shaves.
After 40 shaves, it needs a quick trip to the hones.
However, my TI C135 has had 65 shaves under its belt and has needed nothing but the usual pre-shave strop on leather.
Best regards
Russ
Remains to be seen since my 4 sides paddle strop with pastes seem to be light honing in the process. I don't thank any of my blades will touch a stone any less than 100 shaves. But that is just a guess and who knows.
Pabster
This is just hit me. i will go and sharpen all my shaving blades they are not so many 2-3 . and see how long i will shave without touching the stones. thank you for screwing up my blades .
I've been shaving with the same razor every other day for two months and just needed to hone it recently. I have a fairly course beard though. It destroys a cartridge blade in no time flat.
15-18, then I have to buy a new razor. It's a good thing I have RAD, otherwise I'd really be a stubbly bum.
:rofl2:
1 month with a Filarmonica Medallon Taurino (10 to 14 times (?)) no honing needs
Based on my experience probably more like 50.
wow, where??? Maybe i've been looking in the wrong places, please help:(Quote:
Originally Posted by VeeDubb65
Because of this thread i am experimenting my Ti .So far sharpness still in there but i am doing more stropping. I will not use anything else except strop. Lets see how long it will last.
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Originally Posted by MuzzleVelocity
Well, here's a few on ebay.
Carborundum Razor Knife FINE Sharpening Hone Stone 142 - eBay (item 390076243518 end time Aug-06-09 17:48:52 PDT)
Old "Clearcut" Straight Razor Sharpening Stone Hone - eBay (item 380145125183 end time Aug-06-09 17:39:56 PDT)
Vintage Pike Wireless Razor Hone, Orig Box, hardly used - eBay (item 190324886756 end time Aug-08-09 03:38:00 PDT)
Antique Everkeen Straight Razor Hone JPH Co Ready 2 Use - eBay (item 290337018415 end time Aug-09-09 18:48:12 PDT)
2 VINTAGE RAZOR HONES SWASTIKA RAZOR HONE STONES *LOOK* - eBay (item 330349388096 end time Aug-09-09 09:50:38 PDT)
Vintage O- SO-EZE Razor Hone DOUBLE SIDED - eBay (item 400065443873 end time Aug-09-09 16:21:46 PDT)
Vintage SWEET'S Razor Hone DOUBLE SIDED - eBay (item 400065443994 end time Aug-09-09 16:23:09 PDT)
ZENITH BARBERS DRY embossed RAZOR HONE sharpening stone - eBay (item 250475029526 end time Aug-09-09 18:19:26 PDT)
MINT STRAIGHT RAZOR HONE - eBay (item 110420884543 end time Aug-10-09 17:00:35 PDT)
STRAIGHT RAZOR HONE IN BOX - eBay (item 110420885190 end time Aug-10-09 17:03:10 PDT)
That's only some of the ones listed on ebay right now.
To make your life easier when it comes to searching for barber hones on ebay, it's important to remember that they are NOT barber hones. We call them barber hones to differentiate them from "modern" hones.
The reality, is that they were almost all marketed as "razor hones" and were a common household item. Any man of even modest income who shaved regularly before the advent of saftey razors had one.
Millions, if not tens of millions were produced, and they are on ebay all the time.
Aahh, so "barber hones" are not the same as "barber hones"! :gaah:Quote:
Originally Posted by VeeDubb65
I think i'll have much better luck looking now! Thanks a bunch!
I did this a few years ago. Biggest problem I found was boredom, I was using the same razor every day to make it easier to keep track of the # of shaves. More stropping was definitely the key, esp on the linen side. Anyway I wound up with a few razors with 120-150 shaves on them and still going strong. I really don't know what my upper limit might be - my boredom eventually overcame my curiosity.
I think this also has to do with your beard. Some people have coarser hair than others, which will wear down a blade faster.
After 20-30,I like to give it a dozen strokes on the Spyderco UF. Not sure it needs it, but I think it does a better job.
Brad
update i am continue using my TI it is 12 shaves and still feels exact same as first day. As i said i do strop better then before. i will try it for 1 month no more then that makes me feel board.
mparker762 said early 120-150 shaves from shave that is great one.
Ok guys i have done 15 shaves with my Ti .
This is what happen.
razor was shave ready and i am not stropping guy. i don't like strop more then 20 laps.
while i use only TI for shave number of shaves goes high and i ended up using more laps to strop. after 14 shave i made 40 laps and razor come up it is original sharpness. i am sure i can continue to shave with TI but it is makes me dead bored.
Conclusion if your blade honed properly you can shave at least 3-6 months without honing again.
hope this helps.