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The loom strop I have has no linen side. It has the fine leather side, and a green side which is also leather but coated in green paste with probably coarse particles (which I guess sharpened the...

Update: Fantastic shave!!!


Thank you everyone for all your help.

Thank you for stopping me from honing the Ern myself, and thank you for making me buy the Iberia and a decent strop, and thank...

Hmm... The technique probably differs from person to person, but when I use a shavette, I keep it as parallel to my skin as I can (the angled surface at the tip of the blade edge tangent to the curve...

I'm afraid I need to start using the Iberia after stropping it myself.

You will probably say it's completely different to shave with a straight razor, but years of experience using a shavette...

Thank you all!

I am not going to try honing these. Don't worry! I am not even buying honing stones.

That Ern is going to get honed professionally, whenever possible. It doesn't even have to...

I had a small discount for the Iberia, so it cost me $40 to get this, and its edge seems to be flawless:

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I also bought this old stropping tool. The cuts on the leather...

Hmm... I don't think there would be any barbers here who use straight razors. They probably all use razors with disposable blades. Even if there are barbers who ever used straight razors, they...

It's just that I don't know such place here where they have expertise in razors. Even if there is such place, I just don't know where. I also don't know a place abroad that I can send it for honing,...

Thank you all for the replies!

Unfortunately, I don't think there is any such place around here that I can send or take it to be professionally honed, so it either has to wait until I am out of...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on this forum!

I have used shavettes for years, and DEs (though I don't find those as comfortable), and now I got my first straight razor.

I bought it from...