Thread: Getting It Razor Sharp??

Send it out for professional honing so that the bevel is set right. Then you can maintain the edge easily with a Norton 4/8K stone and a strop. Also, practice stropping because newbies always dull their first razor learning to strop (I did too). Go slow across the stone and slow across the strop until you learn it. Have fun!

If the Dovo red paste improved the edge (it sounds like it did), you could keep using it, hoping to get the edge sharper.

. . . You'll know it's "shave-ready" when you can hold the edge 1/8" _above the skin_, and it'll catch and cut hair.

Or follow previous suggestions.

. Charles

Well I have to ask, what kind of razor is it. There is no point in sending it out f it isn't a quality razor. If it is a descent brand then sending out for a pro honing is the best next step.

Shaving arm hair is a ways off from shaving hair on you face. You may cut some hair but not without significant tugging pulling and the unpleasant discomfort of using a 10 day old schick. Send it out or get ready to learn to hone on stones.

Good luck