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    Quote Originally Posted by edhewitt View Post
    Won't hair be just as tough whether it is a day old or a week old. A piece of 4x2" is still 4x2" whether it is a foot or ten feet long?
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    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    The Straight Razor Phenomena:

    The newer a person is to this hobby,

    The tougher their beard is
    The duller their blade is
    The weaker their edge is
    The floppier their brush is
    The harder their water is
    The more cupped their strop is
    Heck even their Aftershave stings more..

    It always amazes me how these thing all seem to get better with time
    I'm working through that stage as we speak. I refuse to buy hones until I'm sure that I can get decent shaves repetitively from at least one of my 3 new (in the last 6 months) razors from SRD. I have one that I'm best with...a 5/8 Ralph Aust; one that I'm ok with...a 5/8 Dovo Klang; and one that I'm awful with...a 6/8 R. Aust stainless. All were honed by you know who before I got them, so that isn't the issue. The common denominator among the 3 is ME.

    I prep the same; lather the same; strop the same, but the 5/8 R. Aust still stands out, even though it has been used the most. It has to be my technique and confidence with it over the others. If I never get any better with the others, I'll use my re-hone certificates and sell them in the classifieds. If I do that, they'll be good bargains for someone.


    The good news is I'm learning my beard (and face) with each shave, and I'm semi-confident that I'll find a routine, if I'm patient enough (big if) to last it out.
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    + 10 to the above - I'm still doing exactly what you're doing and what Glen said I found to be 100% accurate. Walk before you run...

    The farthest I've got is a lesson from a honemeister in Ontario using my Coticule to refresh my blades. So far, that's working from me, can't do much damage doing that. And I only use my Coti on several cheapies I picked up for that pupose and have done lots of practice. So far, with all my blades being honed professionally, and with proper stropping, my edges are fine. I think maybe I took one nice Dovo to a CroX pasted balsa board for 7-10 laps....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Zowada View Post
    I would love to see how well stropping repairs that edge...

    Thanks for the great photos!

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    The effect is subtle, but if you compare the two images you can see that metal has been drawn up over the broken edge and is reforming the keenness.

    I did strop the blade once more before the second shave, and while it was not quite as sharp as the first shave, the blade was still sharp enough for the moustache ATG pass and very smooth, maybe even smoother than the first shave.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fuzzychops View Post
    I have a before and after shot of this feature:

    The effect is subtle, but if you compare the two images you can see that metal has been drawn up over the broken edge and is reforming the keenness.

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    I did strop the blade once more before the second shave, and while it was not quite as sharp as the first shave, the blade was still sharp enough for the moustache ATG pass and very smooth, maybe even smoother than the first shave.
    Now - what about the idea that the blade must be allowed to, "fin" for 12-24 hours before stropping? I've read, that like a fin on a marine animal, a tilted or slanting fin is indicative of ill health, as in after a shave the blade "fin" will also look slanted and that it takes time to return to it's normal state. The marine animal was obviously used as an analogy, but there is a lot of stuff about allowing the blade to rest.

    So, haha, the next question would be, we've got one pic before the shave. Now it would be interested to see a pic of the blade, no stropping, after 12-24 hours and see if anything has changed. Finally, then to strop and compare again.

    Sheesh...isn't this fun!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    Now - what about the idea that the blade must be allowed to, "fin" for 12-24 hours before stropping? I've read, that like a fin on a marine animal, a tilted or slanting fin is indicative of ill health, as in after a shave the blade "fin" will also look slanted and that it takes time to return to it's normal state. The marine animal was obviously used as an analogy, but there is a lot of stuff about allowing the blade to rest.

    So, haha, the next question would be, we've got one pic before the shave. Now it would be interested to see a pic of the blade, no stropping, after 12-24 hours and see if anything has changed. Finally, then to strop and compare again.

    Sheesh...isn't this fun!!
    I just solved two of the great mysteries of straight razors for you, and you still want more?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuzzychops View Post
    I just solved two of the great mysteries of straight razors for you, and you still want more?
    Hello?!? This is SRP...we always want more!!

    More razors, more brushes, more hones, more strops and MORE INFORMATION!!!

    So when can we expect your results....we're waiting...

    Thanks!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    The Straight Razor Phenomena:

    The newer a person is to this hobby,

    The tougher their beard is
    The duller their blade is
    The weaker their edge is
    The floppier their brush is
    The harder their water is
    The more cupped their strop is
    Heck even their Aftershave stings more..

    It always amazes me how these thing all seem to get better with time
    Glen, thanks for the perspective. As they say "a bad workman blames his tools". I'm getting to the point where I know what a great shave feels like, and if I have incomplete prep, or not up to standard hone job, or sloppy technique, I end up with a sub-par shave. No excuses, we learn and improve.

    Cheers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jgjgjg View Post

    Can a blade get sharp enough that on the moustache and other difficult regions the razor 'glides' the whiskers off with barely a pull?
    Yes it can!
    What a curse be a dull razor; what a prideful comfort a sharp one

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