Originally Posted by ryan_a
I have been using a straight for a week know, so far I get what I would call an excellent shave for being a newbie. I get a slight irratation on sides of my upper lip, and a little high on my left cheek, but I think the cheek gets a little irritated because I have never shaved that high before. I have honed the razor a little bit three different times this week to get a keener edge. I can hang a hair, and with a swift movement cut the hair. I don't consider this passing the hanging hair test because from other threads I take that the test is passed by barely moving the razor. But anyone with half eye sight can tell that a real newbie honed the blade. After this week I have a pretty good reference point for the sharpness of my blade. My QUESTION: I am wondering if this reference point for sharpness would improve much if I used pastes with a new several sided strop, or is it not that big of improvement from leather/linen. Also I am wondering if anyone would volunteer to get one heck of a keen edge on this for me to illustrate the "WOWZA" I have read about. I will be happy to pay for all the shipping etc.
I love this straight razor shaving stuff....