So, I had this brand, spanking new DOVO Bismarck razor purchased and professionally honed off of http://www.dovorazors.com, and had been waiting for my beard to grow in enough to be able to try it out. Last night however, I noticed the razor having been turned upside down in its stand.

Knowing my wife had cleaned the bathroom that day, I thought maybe she'd given in to her curiosity and "done" something to the razor, and I was right. Horror of horrors! She'd dulled the edge! When new, the razor passed the HHT with no problem, but now it's nowhere near! I asked her exactly what she'd done to it, and she confessed having wanted to see how sharp it was, and had flicked the edge sideways, the way we do with kitchen knives.

Now, to be completely honest, I wasn't mad at her because how could she have known? She does now, though. Boy, does she ever. In my frustration at the situation, I might have barked at her slightly. But we kissed and made up, honest.

My question is this: what will it take to get this razor back on track? It does pass the TPT, I definitely feel a drag when gliding the edge over my moistened thumb. I tried some stropping on chalked canvas and then leather, but it didn't seem to help. I do have a scrap of leather with 0.5 micron paste on it. Will this get me back to HHT-pass, or does it take more work than this?

I know the priest said "for better or worse", but I didn't know it'd get this bad. (yes, that was a joke)