Originally Posted by
Johnus
Last year I bought a 1900's Boker sight unseen from an antiques dealer who says she purchased it from an elderly woman she knew. The woman told her it was her father's who shaved with it everyday until he died.
To my surprise when it arrived, it looked almost new! and almost shave ready. When I wrote back to tell them how pleased I was, they said that the father had only used a Strop to maintain it. The woman still had her father's Strop but wasn't ready it sell it.
If true, it seems a possibility to only use leather to keep a great edge!
Yes, I've only Stropped it the few times that I've used it. Beautiful razor.