Hey guys, just wanted to first-post my results of many firsts: first time honing, first time stropping, first time shaving with a straight!

I got an old Krusius Bros straight razor off ebay a couple months ago and have been slowly making new scales out of birdseye maple. I ran the blade in my brass tumber for a number of hours and it shined right up, but the edge was not even close to sharp. So i finally ordered a Naniwa 1K and proceeded to attempt to set the bevel on my scale-less blade (I just couldn't wait until i finished them!). After a long time on the stone, I finally saw a bevel appear, and after adequate "testing" resulting in large bald patches on my arms and legs, I decided it was about time to move to the strop. So on the "fuzzy" suede side of my home-made strop, I used some sort of strop paste sold in my local AOS store (unknown grit) and then to the smooth side maybe 50x.

I had about a 2-week beard by then which would have decimated any of my previous cartridge razors, so this was a great test to see how the straight would do. It cut the hair, but I could tell this was by no means as sharp as it should be for many of you more experienced straight shavers. I could cut hairs WTG and XTG, but could not go against. And it tugged at the hair like crazy. The end result was not a very close shave, but I think it was def. a lot faster than if I had to shave with the fusion and clean out the razor every single stroke.

My observations:
-I need to get something to flatten/refresh the hone (D8C?). There is quite a lot of metal deposit on the surface, most likely due to how much metal I had to remove to get a good bevel.
-the shave will get better with time/practice
-The bevel at the middle of the edge took forever to develop, possibly due to a slight frown. Wondering If I would need to straighten the edge on the side of the hone.
-There is significant wear on the sides of the spine. I might try some tape next time, might make a more consistent bevel.

Thanks so all the experienced guys especially in this thread for helping me realize that a 1K shave is def. possible, and any other advice would be greatly appreciated. I will be shaving off a 1K for a while since it's my only stone, so my results are definitely encouraging, with subsequent shaves yielding even better results.