New to the forum, just wanted to pop by and say hi and introduce myself.
I'm currently based in Malta having recently moved here from South Africa.
I have a DE razor and quite happy with it, but also have been recently using an electric to keep my beard just past stubble length, it helps with the summer heat.
I've been working to get a Gold Dollar shave ready for quite a while (possible effort in insanity, I know.)
I finally got it honed up using whetstones (finishing with a 3000 and 8000) and stropped, the blade was shaving arm hair like no one's business so I thought it was ready to go.
So while I could absolutely shave with it, it was nowhere near hair popping sharp.
The shave was manageable but not something I want to repeat daily or ever again, A shavette would just be simpler at this point, but I'm stubborn)
The only thing I can think of is that there as been to much wear on the spine and the blade angle is now to narrow, or maybe it was not as honed as I had thought. Or maybe I should just toss it at this point (carefully) and get another one to experiment on.
I also suspect I need a better lapping stone as I suspect the one I am currently using is not completely flat, but I'm probably going to try my aluminium plate with sandpaper again as well.
Hope I can learn enough to finally get the razor ready for that mythical smooth shave.
I'm currently based in Malta having recently moved here from South Africa.
I have a DE razor and quite happy with it, but also have been recently using an electric to keep my beard just past stubble length, it helps with the summer heat.
I've been working to get a Gold Dollar shave ready for quite a while (possible effort in insanity, I know.)
I finally got it honed up using whetstones (finishing with a 3000 and 8000) and stropped, the blade was shaving arm hair like no one's business so I thought it was ready to go.
So while I could absolutely shave with it, it was nowhere near hair popping sharp.
The shave was manageable but not something I want to repeat daily or ever again, A shavette would just be simpler at this point, but I'm stubborn)
The only thing I can think of is that there as been to much wear on the spine and the blade angle is now to narrow, or maybe it was not as honed as I had thought. Or maybe I should just toss it at this point (carefully) and get another one to experiment on.
I also suspect I need a better lapping stone as I suspect the one I am currently using is not completely flat, but I'm probably going to try my aluminium plate with sandpaper again as well.
Hope I can learn enough to finally get the razor ready for that mythical smooth shave.