I just received a shave-ready Shumate #125 from gugi, and upon comparing it with my new Dovo that I honed on yellow coticule, it appeared sharper on the TPT. But, upon shaving with it, I couldn't go ATG with it, it just stopped and tugged.

So, I concluded that the razor was too smooth for my beard, and proceeded honing it on my yellow coticule with water.

And today I shaved with it, and behold, it appeard sharper.

I can't really make anything of this as Gugi told me he'd given it some laps on a japanese hone (one of them really fancy ones), so it should have been a finer edge than the one of my yellow, and still my Dovo and the Shumate after resharpening worked much better...

Disclaimer; I do not hold gugi responsible for sending me a razor that didn't work for me ATG, I just think that my beard is a bit weird. I've noticed a trend that as soon as someone posts a thread about how a "shave-ready" razor works the standard reply is "take it up in private, bad of you to take it to the public first", but since I don't have a problem with this sale, I don't see any need to take it in private...

Has anyone else had similar experiences?

BTW, the Shumate isn't really ready yet, it needs more coticule time, but I take the improvement as a sign that the yellow did something.