Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
I haven't read one yet without finding at least one or two "facts" that most consider total BS...
+1, Moler's manual, circa 1920s, says that the BBW is only for reinforcement and not for honing. Commonly held belief until fairly recently but it ain't so. The 1961 manual on stropping/honing says never strop on linen following honing. Only leather. IME linen/leather gives me better results. YMMV.

I was told by a barber to use lather on the coticule and no more than four or five round trips with the weight of the blade. Now I know he was only refreshing shave ready razors but back then it threw me for a loop. Same guy told me "you can overstrop a razor."