My embarrassing Honing questions
I feel like I should know the answers to these, but here goes:
a) I have a problem when taping the spine. Not only do I seem to get a lot of adhesive on the blade, I get black gunk on my hone. I figure this is either due to the age of my tape (several years old) or re-using the tape on subsequent blades. I suppose either way this means there are limits and I should stop being such a cheap stupe and buy new. Any particularly good brands?
b) I have noticed some of my blades seem to be sharp when honed (I make sure my blade is ready to go before retiring at night), but overnight they seem to lose the edge without stropping or anything. Bad steel? Bad honing? Bad stropping? Bearded pixies shaving with my razors while I am asleep?