I thought I would give you all a quick update and thank you for the advice and support you gave me and continue to give me on various threads.

I had a lightbulb moment with my honing on synthetics and have since got my gold dollar to treetop hair and had an amazing BBS shave with. It turned out that all I had to do was listen to the advice I was given and actually act upon it.

Anyway, I was super impressed with my GD edge so I took it to my trans ark for 30 minutes and then stropped it, with 6 on Cro Ox for luck.

I shaved with it and the edge feels so great, in fact I had to check if I was shaving with the spine so close that the blade was off my face. I won't hold my breath but I would be so happy if my other razors had an edge like this.

I did take one of my razors and set the bevel on a washita, turned it over and spent a few hours on it before going to the rough side of my trans for a few hours and then the fine side for another couple of hours. It took a long long time but I have to say, I got a really nice edge and a lovely shave.

My next goal I think will have to be to cut the time taken down because although I love my arks, I can't spend all day on every razor I hone.