My pride and joy is my 8/8 Friodur with Papabull scales I got from John Crowley. I shave with it far more often than any of my others.

I shaved my head with it on Tuesday morning - nice and sharp. My new strop was nick free and beautiful.

Our cleaner cleaned the house on Tuesday while we were at work (he has a key). Yes, I know I'm a pratt for having a cleaner, but we just never get the time to do a proper job, and he only comes once a month.

Well, this morning (Wednesday) I go to strop my JR wedge - new strop has scratches and a few nicks on it. Strange, I think - I don't remember doing that. Flipped sides and finished stropping and didn't give it another thought.

Tonight I was going through my drawer and I noticed the box I keep my Friodur in was upside down. Opened it up and the Friodur was half open and the wrong way round. Checked the edge - completely dull....

It's possible that I screwed up this blade last time, or perhaps I do a bit of "sleep stropping" at night. But it's entirely more likely my cleaner decided to have a snoop in my drawer, take out the best blade I own, and proceed to ruin both the razor's edge and my new strop in complete violation of the trust we place in him with our home. I'm very dissappointed and, funny though it may seem, feel as though my Friodur has been violated

I'm going to talk to the cleaner tomorrow - depending on what he says I might only fire him. I'm buying a lock box to keep my razors in, no matter what.

Thanks for letting me vent.

James.