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Thanks Tony, I appreciate that. I do feel more than a little defeated. I actually do enjoy honing and taking the time to work the blade, but my results are so terrible, the razor was better off...

Well, let me say very publicly that Lynn's reputation is WELL deserved. The Thiers-Issard returned to me so sharp, it simply wiped my face clean. I had tried so hard to hone that thing, how on...

Hey, thanks for the offer, I sent it to Lynn last week. It is a beautiful object in person, that's for sure.

I'm not the best person to answer this (so more senior honemeisters will correct me if I'm wrong), but I think the razor has to be rubbed lightly in a direction that is perpindicular to the blade...

Thanks for validating my feeling about the Bergischer Lowe! I was wondering if I was being silly. I hope Lynn can fix the TI, I did way too much (bad) honing on that sucker.

Just an update, I've been shaving every day this week with the Bergischer Lowe and am finally experiencing the kind of irritation-free shaves I had finally mastered on my DE before switching. I had...

The Bergischer Lowe. I really love shaving with it, and I really hate shaving with the TI. I'm sending it today for honing, if I don't like it after that, it's going to ebay.

I got the razor sharp enough to shave with, I think it was my stropping that was bad to begin with. Of course, the problem now is that I've over-honed it to death trying to get it sharp, and last...

Actually, I take it back. The razor I was shaved with today was a dovo R POL 201 000. Maybe I should just get one of those...

Okay, I do appreciate the advice, I will send the TI out to be sharpened. I see lots of talk about having a profesionally sharpened razor as a point of reference, and I think that's sound advice.
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Hmm, thanks. Okay, I am not refusing to get my razor honed, I just would have liked to be able to do it myself. As for how the razor shaved, the best I can say is that it shaved okay in a couple...

Hi, I'm a noob, although I have been reading this forum for about 6 months and shaving with a straight razor on and off about as long. Let me just say that I LOVE shaving.

I grew up with crap...