Originally Posted by
gssixgun
Although I would bet that you and Bart will figure out the right combo with the Hones & Strops, your statement above makes me also think that shaving pressure might be a contributing factor to the fast edge degregation..... Here is a fact about straight shaving that naturally improves with time, when you are new there are two things that wear out wonderful edges fast... One is, slightly improper stropping I'm not talking rolling an edge I am talking that it takes a ton of practice to get your stropping to go from tweaking the edge before every shave, to actually helping to maintain the sharpness on every shave... The other thing is angle and pressure while shaving, as you progress, you learn exactly how to slice through your beard without pressure and without slamming the edge into the stubble, but rather scything though it... This will not happen overnight, but you will gradually extend the time between honing, though better honing techniques, better stropping techniques, and better shaving techniques...