I just purchased my first straight razor that wasn't honed to "shave ready". Surprisingly, it was pretty sharp out of the box. Almost as sharp as the razors I have purchased that are "shave ready".

The first shave right out of the box no stropping was not bad at all but could have been better.
For the second shave, I stropped the blade about 50 passes. This shave was even better.

So if I wanted to take this a step further, what should I do?

I was thinking of either using my 12k Naniwa and doing maybe 10 X strokes per side, strop, and then shave.

I could also do some strokes on my 8k ?Naniwa, them 12k, then strop before I shave.



Thanks.