Thread: Edge gone by second shave

I'm having difficulty straying to find out what I'm doing wrong. I honed up my razor. 1k bevel set, 4k, 8k, 16k, crox then latigo. I was very carful watching the previous stria disappear before moving up. I even made sure that I was getting a smooth test shave off the 8k before moving on. And by the time I was done there was no chipping. Had a great shave after honing.

Two days later, was one of the most miserable experiences I have had yet. Before the shave I done 50 on linen and 100 latigo and it started out smooth but degraded very quickly. I should have noticed something was wrong when I started my second pass (ATG) on the neck and I had 3 nicks within a dime from each other. It was very painful by the end and could not get anywhere close to BBS or in my opinion DFS. Especially on my head. It was like it quit cutting even after going again on the strop.

When end I called it quits. I cleaned up the razor and looked at the edge. There was no chipping that I could see (I was using a 45x loupe). But it barely would cut arm hair on the toe and heel but hardly at the belly. It's like the edge just disappeared.

What did I do wrong?

Before I forget, prep for shave 2 was hot shower, pre-shave oil and face lather. The only difference in prep between shave 1 and 2 was: 1. Hot towel rather than shower and no oil. Both had same soap.