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I haven't honed the col conk only stropped with linen and leather as it came shave ready. Maybe I should hone it and see what happens but I have only had it a month and not used it every shave.

Welcome to SRP,

I have a Col Conk Str8. I had it made shave ready by one of the honemeisters here. It is a beautiful razor, but it is not on par with my others (2 Dovos, a Shumate, and a Henckels). Usually I strop 30/60x linen / leather, but I strop at least 50/100x on my Col Conk. That helps but it is not as nice a razor as my others. To be honest, I'd sell my Col Conk but I don't want to be known as "that buzard that sold me the Col Conk".

The Col Conk is not a complete piece of crap, like a Zeepk. It can be honed to shave ready and it will shave, albeit not as well as my others. Strop it at least 50/100x and lower your expectations. I've read other Col Conk shavers that really like their Col Conk str8s, so maybe it's a QC issue.