Will a newly honed razor fail this much?

[ferroburak]

Hi,

I'm a regular SE shaver. I had 2 straights honed 2 months ago. (One Shapleigh Diamond Edge, another Campbell razor) Being happy with my Gem 1912 I was keeping them dry and untouched in a box. I have had the chance to clean/sterlize and try them today at last...

I thought it would be worthwhile to try cutting 'free' hair before stropping. No luck. Then I brought them to my arm and no luck again. What's worse hairs are escaping from the Shapleigh's edge.. So I went to the last test. I tried Shapleigh on my face for the hopeless test and it's not a shave

If I had strop them with my inferior stropping skill would it solve(at least to a degree) the issues? If not should I send them to some expert to be looked? They have no visible nicks on their edge(before and after the honing) Or are they not worth the effort at all..


Thanks for your help.

 

[michiganlover]

Knowing who attempted to hone these razors, I would recommend you immediately ship them off to a reputable honemeister to have them properly honed.

If the razor is fully incapable of shaving arm hair, then the hone job was very poor indeed.

I don't know if there any honemeister's in Turkey, but since many barber's still use straights to shave their customer in Turkey, there has to be someone who is sharpening the straights for these barbers.

 

[ferroburak]

Ron Lucas, the artisan is.

 

[johnmrson]

A shave ready straight should just plough through the hair on your arm. It sounds as if your straights are a little challenged in the sharpness department.

 

[michiganlover]

Ron Lucas, the artisan is.

Just for point of clarification, Ron Lucas is the owner of "starshavingsupplies" on Ebay. While his strops are of nice quality, my experiences with him have shown that he is not very skilled at honing straight razors.

 

[professorchaos]

Send them to be sharpened but a know good honer.

 

[amcardon]

Send them to be sharpened but a know good honer.

+1 - send them to Larry Andro or Ambrose or any of the other guys who come recommended for honing; look up the list of honemeisters and go from there...

 

[DavyRay]

Ankara is a very big city with many barbers. There must be skilled hone-masters in your city. A sharpening service, could perhaps be found by asking around.

 

[Luc]

Here's the honemeister list: http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/Honemeister

 

[richmondesi]

There are several options, but sending a razor across the Atlantic for honing seems less than ideal, in my humble opinion of course. I'd recommend looking for someone near you to work on the razor for you.

If nothing else, I'd recommend one of the talented guys in Europe.

Best of luck with your journey, and it really sucks to have a bad experience when dealing with someone who acts like he knows what he's doing.

 

[amcardon]

Whoa, sorry about my post earlier, I totally spaced the part where you live in Turkey! I should pay more attention next time. Sorry about that, and best of luck getting your straight honed!