/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2006668

Bunch of different ways you could do it. You could use a diamond plate, or an actual dedicated flattening stone like in pic, or you could use a flat surface with some sandpaper on it. Don't start getting nutty and fussing over just how flat things need to be, like in terms of thousandths of an inch, it only need to be flat like a ruler's edge might be (which isn't all that flat). It's not a super precise, machining type flat, just carpenter's type flat, if that makes any sense.

> Sharpening a straight to razor takes a surprising amount of skill

Kinda true. Having learned to do it, it's one of those things when you figure it out, you're just like, "Oh...shit, well this is actually pretty easy." more than anything it's just about throwing away all your dumb ideas and hangups, getting out of your own way, and realizing it's pretty straightforward and simple, but it takes practice to get to that point. Go on ebay and get some trashed razors on the cheap and practice, it's the only way to learn. Personally I ruined 2 of those before I got it down.