Golly gee willakers. I finally got a good snag-free smooth shave on my Dovo. I'd like to thank the SRP members & wiki, Lynn Abrams DVD, Vintage Blades LLC, and YouTube, I couldn't have done it without you.

What finally brought the edge to shave ready after the Norton 8k was a light touch of Thiers Issard paste on denim stapled taut to a pine board from the hobby store followed by a hint of Hand American chromium on a leather strop like on that SRP wiki, and finally the plain leather strop.

The sound and feel of beard being painlessly sheared off my face was surreal, like this moment was elusive as an oiled hog and I finally grabbed it by the squiggly tail.

I'm still lapping that Oriental 12k stone, it'll take a few thousand more strokes so it won't be ready anytime soon but I'm curious about the effect it will have on the edge when I throw it into the hone line up.

Looking forward to the next shave to see if I can keep that edge.

Woohoo!


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