Well I may or not be a newby. I have been shaving with a str8 since late Dec. You call it.

My routine is: I have an 8 day rotation of blades. I make them all SR. I then use them one by one. When a blade needs work it goes to the back of the rotation. I then have a 7 day rotation. I go this way usually until I have a 4 day rotation of SR blades. I then will touch up all the blades, usually on a Barbers hone and possibly on a chrom ox or diamond str
op. I then repeat the 8 day rotation.
What do you guys/women do?

Mark