Hi All,

A month or so ago I bought my first SR - a Dovo Best Quality along with a strop from the Invisble Edge site here in the UK.

Everything was going swimmingly (some decent irritation free shaves with only a couple of small nicks) until I left the blade a little wet as I tidied up the bathroom prior to cleaning and drying the razor. The blade is carbon steel so despite the short timespan small dots of rust appeared on the blade in the few minutes I was tidying.

Alas, I panicked and used some Barkeepers friend to remove the rust spots. Despite being careful, I have obviously dulled the edge somewhat and despite stropping I haven't been able to get a decent edge back. I think my stropping technique is okay - light pressure, blade flat, taut strop, rolling over the spine etc. but this might also have added to the problems (I know it takes some practice).

Knowing that I would have to do so at some stage anyway, I decided to order some Naniwa Super Stones (5k and 8k), along with some 3M wet & dry assorted grit (240, 320, 400) for lapping them. The plan is to try and get the edge back whilst also learning how to hone - I'm going to use the pyramid technique outlined in the wiki as it seems a good bet for beginners.

My thinking goes that, it makes sense to have a go learning this stuff with a relatively inexpensive razor and worst case scenario I can send the blade out for honing by a honemeister.

Does this all sound sensible?