Quote Originally Posted by Bart View Post
I think you probably just took a leap in shaving skill.
Whether you learned something about honing, I'm not so sure. (only joking)
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What's your method of honing? Edge testing? Pasted strops for finishing?
Maybe we can help figuring out what's happening with that edge, if you tell us.

Bart.
For honing I use Norton 4000/8000, then TM strop, first linen then leather side, not pasted.
If it was just my first razor, I'd say it is all my fault, but I already restored a Boker and it shaves great, with all the same steps of honing and stropping. Then I got another str8 from one of the members here that I touched up lightly and that shaves beautify. As a reference I have a TI from classicshaving.com honed by Lynn, interestingly enough if felt somewhat similar to this Wapi before I stropped it with ~50 passes.

So I'd buy the theory about wire edge, but most likely it needs lots of stropping. I'd like to try a pasted strop, but do not want to do it on my almost new latigo from TM. Also may be being not a full hollow ground, like my other razors, it needs a different angle.