I have several razors, and I am on the hunt for a sharp one - like everyone else. I need to get them honed, and will send them to Mr. Abrams one of these days - my problem is that I have one of Tony's 4 sided paddles - 3 pasted one unpasted.

I shaved this morning with a Dovo that just doesn't seem up to snuff for me - it cuts but not terribly well - I want to take razor to my strop immediately, but my reading has indicated that I need to let the razor "rest" after a shave - so is it not a good idea to take the razor directly to the pasted razor.

Also, while I have your attention - a question that was asked, and wasn't really answered- I have developed a little black metal residue on my 1 micron strop, how can I clean this off, or do I need to bother? Further, what does the micron size correlate to? a Norton is 4000/8000 - what is that in microns, and vice versa?

Thanks alot guys, love the forum!

K