Thread: Questions about new strop

The barber did strop them for me, with the pastes. But I still felt, when i shaved with them, alot of resistance against my beard. And alot of strain on my face, alot of redness. However, the resistance did become less the second time, and even less the third time. So it might also be a matter of technique.
Evenso, when I tested to shave the thin hairs on my hand, I found that both blades were dull in the middle, and sharp(er) on the edges. So I believe you when you say they need honing.

So I'm thinking about ordering a new DOVO razor from classicshaving.com, along with the sharpening service, so I'll get a good edge and a benchmark for future stropping/honing. Is there any big difference between the 50-60$ razors and 100$+ ones, besides scales material and gold plating, and so on? The cheap ones are still good ones, right?

Isak