Hey fellas I hope you are getting ready for a fantastic weekend and you and your loved ones are safe from the 'Rona.
My name is Seb, and I've been lurking razor/honing related forums for quite a bit but was never very active. With isolation and all I picked up straight shaving once again (after a fun sandpaper sharpening experiment) and working on my technique. I'm Getting ready to jump on the honing bandwagon as my razors need a touchup and I figured I'd just take a leap of faith and try to start restoring old ones too!
After much reading (and bothering a fellow forum member I met a while ago) I decided I'd like to start with synthetics to minimise variables and eventually make my way to other methods. I found what I believe is a pretty decent deal at sharpening supplies (Norton combo stones 220/1000 & 4000/8000, plus a Flattening Stone for USD$150+45 USD shipping). I currently have a Barber's hone and plan on getting some strop paste for finishing. I tried to search for local retailers but unfortunately couldn't find any that would stock these. Do you have any local retailer that you'd like to suggest? The wiki article seems to be down
Additionally, where do you get your razor projects from? So far I tried gumtree and ebay, but the later's shipping costs seem a bit too much. Is there any other place I'm missing?
Thank you all and have a great one!
My name is Seb, and I've been lurking razor/honing related forums for quite a bit but was never very active. With isolation and all I picked up straight shaving once again (after a fun sandpaper sharpening experiment) and working on my technique. I'm Getting ready to jump on the honing bandwagon as my razors need a touchup and I figured I'd just take a leap of faith and try to start restoring old ones too!
After much reading (and bothering a fellow forum member I met a while ago) I decided I'd like to start with synthetics to minimise variables and eventually make my way to other methods. I found what I believe is a pretty decent deal at sharpening supplies (Norton combo stones 220/1000 & 4000/8000, plus a Flattening Stone for USD$150+45 USD shipping). I currently have a Barber's hone and plan on getting some strop paste for finishing. I tried to search for local retailers but unfortunately couldn't find any that would stock these. Do you have any local retailer that you'd like to suggest? The wiki article seems to be down
Additionally, where do you get your razor projects from? So far I tried gumtree and ebay, but the later's shipping costs seem a bit too much. Is there any other place I'm missing?
Thank you all and have a great one!