Blade Maintenance

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Originally Posted by rayman

Here is the recommendation I give to folks who use a Hard Balsa Strop with crox.

Shave with your razor and when you are through, do 50 laps on leather before your next shave. Then when that doesn't bring the razor back, put 1 piece of tape on the spine and do 6 to 10 laps on the crox board. Wipe the razor clean and do 50 laps on leather and go again.

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That's certainly one way to do it. The tape changes the bevel angle and since the paste is quite aggressive this creates a microbevel at about 0.5-1 degree steeper than the regular bevel.
The same thing will happen with a pasted hanging strop because of the give it has, except that the microbevel isn't well defined, but it's more of a smooth transition.

It's all a matter of what exactly makes the razor 'not sharp'.