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Well I recieved my new order from classic shaving yesterday. I now have a new illinous 206 strop and a chinese 12k. That with the Cr2O3 I got from chris seem to have really made a difference in the...

I had already honed some nicks out of the edge on coarser stones, and it would shave, I was working on edge refinement.

Well he said he threw all his razors out 25 years ago. Funnily enough, his son who works with him lives next door.

But I rehoned my favoret razor(the first one I restored insterstingly enough, I...

Well I went to the barber I mentioned and it was nice talking to him, but his basic advice was don't, use a mach 2. That and a bit of ragging on me for having long hair.

So I think Lynn's video...

Well I got the flattening stone when I got the nortons, and am thinking on a DMT D8C(It would make honeing the nicks out of my mothers kitchen knives much easier as well).

I used a DMT 6" fine...

Well the only hone I have lapped was the barbers hone, as it did not seem reasonable to me to lap a hone right out of the box.

Oh I honed them quite a bit starting at the 250 norton water hone, in part because when getting the tarnish and rust off I slipped with the dremmel and put some small chips in the edge, and needed to...

The thing is that I was as much wondering if it is a honing issue, or a shaving technique issue.

I am also thinking about going down to the barber shop on friday, I have off from work and if the...

Well after hearing good things about straights online and liking knives as well as having shaved a couple of times with a knife when I was 17 I thought straights would be good for me, especially as I...