4th Shave

Razor : 7/8" W&B chopper

Method :

Again, I did 5 sweeping X-strokes on the N4k.

I then went to the N8k with just water. Using only the weight of the blade, I did 10 sweeping X-strokes again, then rinsed the hone, and did 10 more sweeping X-strokes with the OPPOSITE hand. Now, let me explain my thinking for trying that. When you use the same hand, and do X-strokes, the marks on the blade will be going one direction, and will for example, look like this on the edge:
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So, by switching hands to hone after doing passes with one hand, you are putting marks on that same side that will look like THIS:
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I thought that maybe doing this would essentially be making a finer edge. I would love to hear you guys thoughts on this theory!

Anyway, after doing those (10 X-strokes with both hands) I rinsed the hone and razor again, and did 10 X-strokes with my left-hand, then 10 X-strokes with my right hand with JUST the weight of the blade...no pressure.

I then stropped 40x on my homemade denim cloth strop, followed by 40x on my homemade cowhide leather strop.

Shave : I did my usual 2 pass shave (WTG, XTG), following the same prep procedures I always do. The shave this time seemed to be even closer that my previous shaves so far. There was no discomfort when applying witch hazel after my shave as I always do. This was my best shave to date for the JaNorton experiment. Next time, I'm not sure what I could do differently yet, so if I fail to come up with anything, I will do the same procedure, and see if I can get a shave just as good.