Thread: Failure @ Honing & Stropping Or

To me, a 4 pass shave seems a tad excessive, but if you can do that without angering the razor burn gods, then all the better!

As for touching up your razor that often.... it's not as often as I need to do it. As yourself, my razors get touched up every few shaves... not by much, but I need a smooth and wicked sharp edge to go against the grain on my neck. I can shave with the grain for weeks with a razor and strop, but against the grain, I really need to tweak the edge. I'm hoping a Jnat might extend the life of my edges, but only time will tell.

I find just a few passes on a Crox strop or perhaps 5 or 6 licks on a 12K first is all it takes. I've tried diamond paste, but while wicked sharp, it was missing a bit in the smoothness dept. so I have not bothered with it since.

Regards

Christian

I think you know what you like and that in itself is very important. Not a problem touching up after 5 or so shaves. I also do this.. with a stone... same thing keeps the edge "fresh"