No I'm not honing, just barely got my razor this week. I've been patient, doing as I'm told. Started just going down my cheek the first few days. Trying to slowly figure out more of how the blade feels. So tonight I'm trying again and I'm very focused, I lift the blade from the sink and for a second I think I barely caught the blade on the faucet (just barely).

So I dry the blade and look, but theres a bit of a glare and I can't realy tell. Well I'm done with the straight razor anyways so I run it up and down the strop a couple times as I do before I oil and put it away. I look at the blade and theres a tiny spec of black on the edge.

Sure enough I nicked the blade. It's going to need to be rehoned and I'm a little ****ed off about it. there's also a couple hairline scratches up and down my strop (not very deep, just a faint scratch when you hold it in the light).

So two questions...

I'm assuming SRD's free sharpening service that I get for purchasing the razor from them does not cover reclaiming an edge. So who do I talk to about repairs.

second, did I just ruin my strop with faint scratches or can that be saved as well.

To be honest I'm having all sorts of problems, can't even seem to figure out a consistent lather that doesn't melt the second I put it on my face. I would have thought the soap and water part would be a bit easier.