Thread: Not sharp enough? story

More than likely, he stropped it.

For some reason, folks cannot help themselves, I always send a note exactly what was done to their razors and expressly tell, them Not to Strop for the first shave, and just wipe the blade and shave.

Many do not follow advice…

There is also the possibility that he strummed the edge over and over wowing about how sharp it was. One shift my regular deck partner was off and I was working with someone I had never worked with before. Intrigued by my straight razor he ran it over his thumb nail and said wow that is sharp, is it shave ready. My response was well it was but I will have to redone it now. He was taken back by that. I said the very edge is very delicate, it is made for cutting hair, not nails. He said he often checks knife sharpness that way. I had to tell him that this was clearly not a knife and knife shape dent shave well, razor sharp does. So it is hard to say what could have happened to that edge. I'm sure there will be other amusing stories to follow. If you don't know any better it is easy to ruin a shave ready edge.