2nd shave...blade over stropped?
Second shave down - thousands to go! So far, I'm really enjoying straight shaves. Bought a Dovo Best Qual that came 'shave ready'. Near as I could tell, it was ready to go. Gave it the HHT before my first shave and it failed. My wife's hair is VERY fine. I mean very, so I just chalked it up to that. (I'm bald, otherwise I'd have tried one of mine:)). However, the edge felt great via both thumnail and thumb pad test. So away we went. Not a bad shave on the sides and cheeks. Stropped it, and put it up.
Pulled out my razor tonight and stropped it again. Edge felt fine, so here come the lather. Was able to do my whole face this time. However, it didn't feel nearly as smooth as the first one did. And it shouldn't have. I got to looking very closely at the edge and can see a very small chip towards the end.
So here's my question - I know that you can't really 'overstrop' your edge, but I'm beginning to think that my excitement in the very begining may have resulted in me stropping with more pressure than I should have. Can the linen side help me out at this point, or do I need to send it off to have it honed?
Chris