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07-07-2013, 09:00 PM #1
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Thanked: 3How fast can you kill an edge?
I mean unintentionally.
little background, I received my Dovo BQ 6/8 shave ready around Xmas time. I shaved non-exclusively with it getting marginally good shaves, with some irritation in the tricky spots. Shaving became increasingly difficult and I bought a Norton 4/8.
My first go at honing was terrible, I realized immediately when I tried to shave with it, so I bailed and reached for the DE. a couple more tries at it and I was back in business, the razor seemed to me to be shaving well again, and I started exclusively using the straight. About 3-4 weeks later it was unbearable again. Back to the hone. Felt a bit rough so I did 7 laps on Crox. Better but still not there, so I went for 10 more laps on the Crox. Bingo! Shaved great, maybe best shaves to date....
...but here's the problem, that was only 10 days ago and this morning it was catching like crazy. So am I killing the edge quickly or can some kind of newb honing mistake cause this? (Sorry for the long story)