Thread: Still Confused

Originally Posted by jeffus

Maybe the honer at SRD used paste to finish. I find paste-honed razors to be quite painful, and quickly send them to Sham, who finishes with natural stones. The difference, to me, is night and day: a miserable experience turns into an act of beauty. I think his userid is hi_bud_gl

He almost always has something for sale in the classifieds, often for $65. He usually quarantees you will like the blade or your money back. So either send him your straight or buy a used one from him. Trust me, you will soon see why straight shaving is awesome.

Jeff

Wow! I want to avoid being rude, but I don't think you know what you are talking about.
First, "the honer at SRD" knows exactly what he is doing. His use of pastes, if you want to call the diamond sprays and/or chromium oxide that he uses, are limited to a few strokes as a final polish.
Second, the difference between the use and non-use of those items is subtle. It is not "night and day."
If you want to recommend Hi_bud_gl, that's fine. So do I; but to imply that "the honer at SRD" is responsible for a "miserable experience" is just plain wrong.

Originally Posted by Nightfall

Just keep at it, experiment with the angles, and don't give up. With my Parker, I had to stick with the standard 30 degrees. With the real straights, it goes between 10 and 40 depending on the pass, area I'm shaving (Ialso use it on my head), etc.

Also read, reread, and go back for another look at everything in the wiki. It really helped me.

I'm finding if I use short, quick, multiple strokes over the same area, the shave is getting closer. It seems like the long, smooth strokes remove very little and causes some discomfort. I did a wtg shave yesterday and was fairly happy. Tomorrow, I will try it again and also do a atg pass with the short, quick, multiple strokes with the hope I get a reasonablly close shave.

Thanks, I think I'm getting a technique that is starting to wrok.