Search:

Many thanks for all the replies. I'm a software engineer so my analytical tendencies are bleeding into the straight razor arena. :-)

I think I've ironed out some of my earlier issues and reduced...

That's an interesting idea. Once I'm confident in my honing skills I may try that. Like Larry said it can't hurt anything.

And thanks to those who chimed in. It helped me get my bearings a little...

Thanks guys. Even the vague range of 10-50 shaves is something to go on. If I'm needing to hit the pasted strop after 5-7 shaves then I'm likely doing something wrong, either stropping or shaving...

I'm a few months in to shaving with a straight and I've seen conflicting information on the 'normal' or 'standard' length of time between honings and/or touch-ups on a razor. I haven't seen a...