Hi guys,

hoping for a bit of advice. I have a Thiers-Issard razor and a Boker. The Boker I bought online and it was delivered 'shave ready' after the attention of a Honemiester - it's very sharp! The Thiers-Issard I bought from 'The Art of Shaving' shop in San Francisco and although the salesman said it was 'shave ready' the box was factory sealed.

I've have a couple of months of use from the razors and have now bought a modular paddle strop and a 5/8/12000 Naniwa Super Stones set up from Straight Razor Designs.

My problem is this: I've used the diamond spray on the paddle strop with both razors, the Boker is super sharp and continues to give a great shave. On the other hand the Thiers-Issard feels as blunt as a butter knife. I've watched Lynn Abrams video on refreshing a razor - and used his demonstrated method with my Super Stones on the Thiers-Issard with the result - it's still as blunt as a butter knife! The question is, where to go from here?

for completeness! I've also bought a couple of cheap old razors from Whipped Dog for me to learn how to hone with. I don't want to risk my ham fisted talents on my main razors yet!

thanks for any help.