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    Larry at whipped is great to deal with, and he levels
    the barber hones that he sells

    If you can, I would recommend two razors.
    You may drop one, or if you start honing,
    you may really mess up.

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    the Shumate looks to be a desent hone man the otherones dotn look so hot. these hones will last a life time as long as you take care of them, remember do no more than 5 laps with your razor on it when ur razor just startes to tug and you will be back in bussiness, if you have anymore questions once you go to hone on a barbers hone please feel free to PM me,



    @nun2sharp, thanks man, you,ron and a few of the other big guns have taught me everything i know about razors and hones so its a reflection of the impact you have made in learnign experience.

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    You don't need a second one, just hone it when it starts to pull.

    If you want a second one: keep an eye on the classifieds here.
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kees View Post
    If you want a second one: keep an eye on the classifieds here.
    +1.

    The classifieds are your best bet when starting out. Do some research before buying any antiques from the store or eBay because it takes time to learn how to tell a good razor from a bad one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by con16721 View Post
    Hey there, I've been shaving with a straight for about a month now and have been having the best shaves of my life. I bought a very inexpensive old razor on the classifieds and have been extremely pleased with the results.
    Conor --

    Why do you want to complicate your life? You're happy with what you have. Leave "well enough" alone.

    The danger of RAD (razor acquisition disorder) is always lurking in the shadows.<g>

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    having been a broke college student until very recently (No longer a student, still broke. Funny how we all seem to think that we'll hit the big time immediately after graduation) I feel you pain brother. You certainly don't need more than one razor, but it is awfully nice to have another one. save up for a bit and keep eyes peeled. There are always some good guy out there who pass along good razors inexpensively.

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    Glen's site (Gem Star Customs - Welcome GemStar Customs) always has a few barber hones for sale as well. I think we can trust his site and advice

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    I think a second razor is only a neccesity if shaving is required. If you can go a day or two, to a week, without shaving, you can get by with only one.

    You need a razor, hone, and strop. That does it for life.

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    I'm leaning towards just getting a decent barbers hone and learning how to take care of my razor. As much as I'd love to have a second razor, I have to be honest with myself and stop the progression of the deadly RAD before it begins. I at least want to wait a few more months before getting a second razor, as I'm sure it would be nice to have a razor to test against, but I am getting quality shaves from my C-mon. Thanks for all your advice guys. I will keep looing on the classifieds though and see if any deals crop up.

    I think I'm going to try and get that shumate hone from ebay, if not gem star customs looks to have some affordable hones as well.

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    Conner,You should keep an eye out for a razor like this to add to your growing collection...

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    This is a 1/2 hollow Robeson, very nice shaving razors, this one has just a touch to much hone wear at the toe to sell it on my webiste so it is what we "Restorers" tend to call a "Bench Baby" means it has sat around on my bench collecting dust and doing no one any good..

    I just spun it up on the buffers and cleaned her up, and found a set of scales to fit it...So why don't you do us both a favor and get this razor off my bench and give her a good home.. Give me a couple of days to get her honed up as I am swamped with honing right now... Send me a PM with an address and I will contribute to "The Starving Students need to Shave Fund"

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