Newbie needs some advice on honing...
I recently purchased a Dovo "Tortoise" 5/8" which, when it arrived said “does not need stropping prior to first use”. The blade did not pass the HHT or a wet thumbnail test.
But I thought “Hey, nobody would send me a razor that wasn’t sharp enough, right?”
I carved up my face pretty bad, then I used a 4000/8000 wetstone to sharpen. I had watched all the SRP videos on honing and stropping on youtube.com prior to doing anything, but now the blade is worse.
Any suggestions