Thread: Hello All

I started doing all of my SR research about 6 months ago, shopped around and purchased my equipment and now I completing my 1st month of Man Shaving. I purchased a Dovo Silver Steel 5/8's Carbon brand-new from Vintage Blades and a "Regina" Kraut & Dohnal from Ebay. I shopped around and gathered up all of the necessary tools for this endeavor. Looking back at this last month I have had too many nicks and cuts to count, but I am happy to say that I am loving the shaves I am getting. I guess the last 3 have been that BBS shave everyone is chasing.
I do have a question though. The Regina I bought I got off of Ebay for $10 or so and it needed a little bit of work. I polished the blade and I got a couple wet stones to hone it. I had no problems honing and I have a great edge and everything is nice and sharp. The Dovo is starting to pull and, for lack of better words, drag while I am shaving. I am not having any problems stropping, could my Dovo be loosing its edge after only 1 month? I stropped the Dovo on a balsa wood strop with some Chromium Oxide and that worked, but is this normal?
I do shave every day, I rotate my razors and strop before each shave.

Hi, Ross, and welcome to SRP!
I do think that it is within the bounds of "normalcy" for your Dovo to be pulling after 1 month. A few variables are in play here: beard "toughness", your shaving angle of attack, and your stropping regimen to I.D. a few. That is why I recently acquired a vintage Swaty barber hone -- to keep the edge shave-ready for as long as possible before sending it out for honing.
You wrote that you got yourself some wet stones -- which ones? SRP members consider the Norton 4k/8k (or Naniwa 4k/8k) to be the standard hone. Pics of your gear are always welcome!
Hope this helps, and I'll see you in the trenches, buddy!