I just bought an old Shumate. I liked that it was made in St Louis, so I threw in a low ball bid. I ended up winning it, $20 after shipping. It looks decent enough and even had the ~100 year old cardboard box with it. A couple questions come to mind.
1) Where should I send it to get checked out and properly honed? I am sure on this forum that list is a mile long, but I am a DE guy new to straights.
2) What do I need to buy? Strops, pastes, etc? Beginner quality is fine. I'd like to keep this economical if possible.
3) Any how to videos that you can recommend? Stropping methods, etc. I just bought a shavette that takes full DE blades and have gotten one shave with that so far. Pretty smooth and no cuts/weepers. I will practice with that until the Shumate is shave ready.
Thanks in advance
1) Where should I send it to get checked out and properly honed? I am sure on this forum that list is a mile long, but I am a DE guy new to straights.
2) What do I need to buy? Strops, pastes, etc? Beginner quality is fine. I'd like to keep this economical if possible.
3) Any how to videos that you can recommend? Stropping methods, etc. I just bought a shavette that takes full DE blades and have gotten one shave with that so far. Pretty smooth and no cuts/weepers. I will practice with that until the Shumate is shave ready.
Thanks in advance