Thread: Hello Everyone...a few questions

Originally Posted by Philippos

You guys are all amazing...thanks for your answers...it sounds like this will be a fascinating thing to practice...

Another thing...every how many shaves do i have to sharpen my razor...?

There are way too many variables, but if you do things right you shouldn't need to sharpen it more often than every three months, may be even once a year or two. If you don't do it right you may destroy the edge on your first stropping.
So, spend the time to learn to strop well and pay attention to stropping and shaving angle and pressure as that's what keeps the edge remain sharp longer than a cartridge or DE blades.

And if you can't keep the razor sharp with stropping on linen and leather strop you'll have harder time to do it with abrasives.