Thread: 'Normal' maintenance schedule for a straight?

Larry @ whippeddog gave me some great advice once. He said "why not touch it up after say every 6 shaves whether it needs it or not? You are not going to hurt anything." Then I saw a few posts where guys were experimenting using a paste daily to see if the edge rounded and how long it took. They gave up after months of trying so now I am trying the same thing and after a little more than a month of daily touch ups on paste (.1 FeOx) the razor is still in excellent shape and there is no sign of loss of metal or any ill effect. My point is this- if you are touching up your blades a little sooner or later than others it won't hurt anything if you do it correctly. As you go your technique and everything else will naturally get better and better so no worries there. Just my experience. YMMV.