How To Properly Prepare Your Straight Razor Blade for Honing Ep1

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[@erwesthernandez7032]

Your razor! Is a beauti ❤️. I have two from Solingen. God bless you 🙏‼️ God video

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Erwest, Solingen German steel is some of the best! ;) Yeah, Buddy God bless you! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart

[@lukepevensie]

can i use a dremel tool to set the bevel on a Straight razor

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Great question Louis! ;) The short answer is no. When setting the bevel you need the spine and edge touching at the same time to get the proper bevel angle on your razor. Please let me know if you have any other questions, and let me know how you get along. Thanks for your great question, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart

[@knightmare1015]

very nice man this was extremely helpful. thanks for the shout out.

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Stephen Davidson I'm so glad these videos are helpful, for me that's what it's all about! :)

[@brianb.2894]

Good job Eric. Nobody ever seems to talk about why the heel and toe are Dremeled down. Why is it important? Thanks

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Brain B on this straight razor sense it's a shoulder-less razor it's just for comfort when i'm shaving. But on most of the straight razor that have a shoulder it really aids in the honing process to allow the razor lay on the honing stone in a flatter manner. Great question, thanks for the comment! :)

[@Thommie63]

Like the videos - am reconditioning my Grandfather's old straight razors - ( German & English.... great steel !! ) Does the copper really help with the arthritis ??? Or is it just for decoration ? just wondering -.... thom

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Yes, both the German & English steels are wonderful and the copper is for arthritis. I've had many broken bones in the past and the copper has worked well for me for over 30 years. Thanks for watching and good luck with the restoration! :)

[@johnnyrbattaglio6943]

Why does the SR not come with the toe and heal rounded 🙂

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Great question Johnny! ;) They're inexpensive razors and the geometry isn't always the best so they do what they can and just send it out to you. But that makes them great straight razors to learn how to hone on for sure! Thanks for your great question and comment me friend! :) #Heart

[@aaronsmith2433]

Where did you get that razor?

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Aaron that's a great question! :) I get most if not all of my straight razors from eBay... Please let me know if you have any other questions. :) Thanks for the great question and thanks for watching! :) #Heart

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Arron, I have gotten several straight razors from ganvillage_green eBay user here's the link goo.gl/jAhm1W ... Hopefully this will be helpful, thanks again for the great question. :) #Heart

[@artknight3683]

@2:08 "Maybe a little bit more!" Typical man! We can never leave well enough alone! Where is your wife to stop you? Ha ha!

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

LOL :) #Heart

[@jasonsmith8210]

I would wear some thick gloves while doing that. Just in case that Dremel throws the knife.

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Great idea Jason! ;) Yeah Buddy! Maybe the Dremel isn't the best idea! Thanks for your great idea and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take cake and stay safe my friend! :) :) #Heart

[@AnthonyEspositoTheStallion]

Nice

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Thanks, that means a lot coming from you! :)

[@merkhet9328]

Slightly misleading title there. Rounding off the toe & heel is purely a matter of personal preference and you do not “need” to do this as prep for honing. Just saying for us relative newbies out there the whole subject of honing is complicated enough without adding to the confusion.

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Sorry to hear you found my title misleading, but for me this is an important step in honing a Gold Dollar or ZY straight razor. As this cleans up the toe/heel and will ultimately make a better shaver out of these less expensive straight razors. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching! 👍🙂👍

[@johnnyrbattaglio6943]

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[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Johnny thanks for your encouraging comment and thanks for watching my friend! :) #Heart

[@kjkansari]

My dremel is here soon

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Sound great my friend, let me know how it goes! 🙂

[@kjkansari]

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[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Cool, you got it! 😉

[@me-cq7wv]

Why ! It comes ready to use.

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

S O all the little details matter to me ;) Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching! You may find something else that will work you. Have a good day! :) #Heart

[@leftyhara3876]

Well, it would have been more helpful if you could have explained why you were cutting off the heel and toe ...and how you knew how much to cut off. As it is you showed us how to use a dremel on your razor without the why.

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

You will find an explanation for what I did at 4:25 in the video, and as for the amount that I cut off that's based on some other great classic straight razor designs. Possibly in the next honing video I can explain this more clearly, thanks for the comments and for watching! 🙂

[@artknight3683]

Thanks for the videos. As a newbie, it is odd that you save the surprise reason for doing what you are doing for the end. I have made no videos, but I would start out with in order to hone properly you must Dremel off the heel and toe. Here's how I do it.

[@gnarkillgnarkill7725]

You can buy razors without those corners.

[@zenrazor659]

Beware it is not safe! Look to my suggest!

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Zen thanks for your great suggestion and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a great week my friend! :) #Heart

[@anthony-ju6qo]

Why.. 🤦‍♂️ 🤯 .

[@MikeV1961]

Totally unnecessary. I hope others dont try this as well. If you want to shape it, and I can't understand why, then use a stone like a DMT 325 not a dremel.

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Mike, I will definitely give my DMT 325 a go next time! ;) Thanks for your great suggestion and thanks for watching! :) Have a good week and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

[@MikeV1961]

@@AdventuresInWetShaving Yes, a stone is much safer and you don't risk overheating the blade. I have seen people use a Dremel and it caught the blade and destroyed it and sometimes injured the user.

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

That makes so much sense Mike! ;) Thanks buddy! #Heart

[@rayfraser1773]

You haven’t said why you are doing what you are doing ????? Poor !

[@AdventuresInWetShaving]

Great question Ray! ;) I'm taking off the sharp point on the toe and generally rounding off the blade for comfort and ease of honing. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart