Thread: First shave and don't know what to think

Hea again!

I finally received my razor back from the original owner. I was a bit disappointed as the bevel was not as corrected as I had hoped. Anyways, I tried shaving and the edge dulled very quickly once again for as far as I can tell. This time I took a closer look to my blade. It seems it has a small frown! I included some pictures(including the ones I forgat last time) and I was hoping if you guys could tell me if it is anything serious and that my blade might need a trip to a more experienced honer before I can shave comfortably with it. If it turns out I have been making a loud ruckus about nothing, please tell me :P

With this blade I still had a lot more razor burn then I have nowadays with the shavette. Of course those 2 are very different, but I took a lot of care in making sure my angle was not too steep (actually had some area's where the blade missed the hairs, haha).

Hope you guys can help me further with the pics I provided!

*I did strop with it just in case before the shave. I had a lot of draw on the toe of the blade and it sounded and felt like metal was catching the strop. I stropped a couple of laps more after I felt that draw lessen to the point it felt like the rest of the blade.

EDIT: It seems the forum has sized the pics down by a lot. I have higher resolution pictures if someone wants them.