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- - - You are speaking like me. You are right of course, but for some reason I just never applied it to razors and stones. How silly of me, lol.

Ok TC, I accept your point. I just have a hard time with the idea that the razors and stones are sold defective. Aren't there laws in place in this regard; if not there should be.

Hi there tc. Good advice, except that I would like to learn the "why" of flying rather than just how. I would feel ever so much safer, lol.

Hi there EH, thanks for this sounds good, will try it.

No troll here. These are genuine questions, difficult to answer, but nevertheless sincere.

Thanks TC, good advice.

- - - I will be trying again, but what I have so far is that the bevel is not correct. If one doesn't ask, you can't learn. One has to ask hard questions. Nobody benefits by believing whatever...

Seventeen degrees ? - - Maybe so, but who says that 20 degrees won't sharpen. I have never heard of anyone who goes around with measuring equipment. I mean that is nothing more than speculation.

Hmmmm, sounds reasonable, but if I can't be sure that an unused razor and/or an unused hone is in perfect condition, I am not willing to go any farther with it. I could be in for quite a bit...

Hi: I don't mean that I'm not listening to all of the advice given. I do listen, but I am cursed with a brain that always asks "why".

As I said before, I certainly agree that an angle of 20...

- - - I will listen to people, but what annoys me is that most people who use straights can tell you what works, but not "why" it works, which is tantamount to saying that they are simply relying...

- - - How is it possible to go wrong with a built-in jig ie. the spine ?

- - - Hmmmm, good question. I think I did join, but couldn't figure out how the site worked. The problems are still the same. My mainstay is a safety razor, otherwise I would have a beard...

- - - I'm a newbie, but I haven't matured yet. ie. I'm still back in the dark ages when I have to use a safety razor.(LOL) Its not supposed to be that way, but it seems that straight razors...

- - - I'm on the east coast.

An observation: People on this site use a lot of acronymns. C'mon folks speak English, cuz I don't understand.

- - - As I said in one of the other posts, is it really possible to go wrong ? The spine of the razor functions as a guide to honing by preventing an erratic bevel. But I also question why a...

- - - You may be right, but I have a hard time seeing how one can go wrong, especially since the spine acts as a jig. If the spine and the cutting edge are both touching the stone, then it is...

- - - Well, its great to have a perfect bevel from one end to the other, but is it really necessary ? It should be possible to shave with a perfect bevel on only the first centimeter from the...

Getting nowhere fast. I have acquired a very old Frederick Reynolds blade from Sheffield and a new stainless Gold Dollar from China, + a 4000/8000 stone and a home-made strop impregnated with...