I got a razor that I had honed (set and went through progression) a year or so ago and it worked brilliantly. A couple of months ago I did a touch up on it, and it didn't seem so good after that, not as smooth. I couldn't remember how much tape I'd used when I'd originally set it, and perhaps that was the issue with the touch up I thought.

So today I reset it and went through a progression, and it seemed good with arm hair test and under the loupe and all, but when I went to shave with it it just didn't seem to efficiently remove hair. I had to finish up with a different razor.

What would be best way of diagnosing/correcting the problem with this one? The one thing I did do today was add a bit of extra tape in the middle as the first time I'd honed it the bevel was a bit wide in the middle and I thought I'd even it out. That seemed to work, but, again, as I said, not shaving as it should.

Is it best just to try to reset it? What sort of things should I look out for?

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