Hi gents, on Friday I received a message from a friend who asked about straights. I asked what type of straight he was referring to a shavette or traditional straight. He was unaware of shavettes and sent on a link to the razor he was thinking about buying. That looked like a RSO and I said not to buy it.
I asked if he was sure he wanted to advance to the gentlemanly art and he said yes. I said I have a razor in my needs work pile I could do up and let him try to see if it is something he would be interested in keeping up.
As I figured one of my Swedes, Solingen or Sheffield razors would be a bit of a loss if it was damaged by a noob I thought I'd fix up a GD208 for him to try.
I had one still in the box so corrected the slight geometry issue, thinned the spine and reduced the stabiliser, put a bevel on it and took it through the films and diamond balsa. Will give it a test shave to make sure it is a good shaver before sanitizing, and handing it over.
I'll also give my old strop that I used for travel. It's not great, but is perfectly adequate.
Am I doing the right thing?
I asked if he was sure he wanted to advance to the gentlemanly art and he said yes. I said I have a razor in my needs work pile I could do up and let him try to see if it is something he would be interested in keeping up.
As I figured one of my Swedes, Solingen or Sheffield razors would be a bit of a loss if it was damaged by a noob I thought I'd fix up a GD208 for him to try.
I had one still in the box so corrected the slight geometry issue, thinned the spine and reduced the stabiliser, put a bevel on it and took it through the films and diamond balsa. Will give it a test shave to make sure it is a good shaver before sanitizing, and handing it over.
I'll also give my old strop that I used for travel. It's not great, but is perfectly adequate.
Am I doing the right thing?