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    At this point in time... gssixgun's Avatar
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    Thank you Sham

    There ya go, somebody that knows how to hone, and has actually tried one of these....

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    Quote Originally Posted by boogyman19946 View Post
    Why does that mean it's not viable to use for shaving? Essentially, buying a better razor is something I'm going to do, but then I would like to keep this one to practice sharpening on or whatever other stuff there is before I get down to business with the better razor.

    If the steel isn't of the quality to take and hold an edge required for shaving, if you use it for honing practice, how would you know if you have succeeded in your honing attempts or failed? Now if you want to use that razor to practice your stropping, I say go for it, but shaving is not what it'll do.

    As far as comparing Japanese steel to Chinese or Pakistani steel is an injustice to Japanese steel. I think that the Chinese have the capability to create a real and usable razor, but the folks who contract these blades specify that the blade must come in at a certain price and the Chinese and Pakistanis comply. If that same company made specifications that each razor must have certain criteria and money expended per each razor was more, then yes, they could probably come up with a usable razor. Look at it this way, Solingen and Sheffield were creating Western styled razors hundreds of years ahead of the Chinese, so they have quite a bit of trial and error to catch up.

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    Hmm, thanks guys for the replies!

    At this point, I believe I'm going to buy a better straight first, a one that is shave ready. I'll keep the cheap razor and try giving it a nice edge and consider it practice so even if I don't succeed, I'll have a working razor on the side and by then only have ruined a cheap 10 dollar one.

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    Good man. Don't let anything set you back mate.


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    OP contact me i will give to you shave ready blade.
    you pay for shipping.
    if this works for you let me know.

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    boogyman19946, iv heard about shams edges and anything he hones is truly sharp. Glad to see a member close to my age on here. thats one thing about srp almost everybody is willing to help someone new start out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995 View Post
    boogyman19946, iv heard about shams edges and anything he hones is truly sharp. Glad to see a member close to my age on here. thats one thing about srp almost everybody is willing to help someone new start out.
    That is a great thing about a lot of forum sites (some are more civilized than others, but I guess that's just the nature of some groups of people), and I am sure this one is exactly one of those I've got plenty of fine responses of different varieties. I understand a lot of this is just opinion, but the bottom line seems to come down to one's understanding and experience. Mastering an art is so much fun ^.^

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    Drop hi_bud_gl (Sham) a line mate. He's serious about giving you a razor for the cost of postage. A man with as big a heart and generosity than him I have seen but twice before in my forty years.

    You're a good man Sham. The world is a better place for your being here.


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