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08-28-2015, 01:04 PM #21
I agree, if your stropping is technique is solid, a good edge will last a long, long time. It also has something to do with how far the edge is pushed in honing; a thinner (keener) edge will be able to take less damage than a slightly thicker edge (the damage being imparted by shaving). No matter how good your stropping, a razor honed up to 30.000 grit will deteriorate faster than one honed up to 10.000 grit.
Also, what I have noticed about edge deterioration is not that a razor starts to tug; when it needs honing I know so because it will have a rougher edge that gives me lots of tiny nicks.
Also, it may have to do with standards. Some people refresh and edge after even the most minute deterioration. I do sometimes. It takes me about one minute, and I doubt it eats away a lot of steel (30 x-strokes on a coticule with water).
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08-28-2015, 02:05 PM #22
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