Originally Posted by
celticcrusader
I don't know what to say regarding your razors, because I've not seen them or honed them, but you shouldn't try to compare a DE shavette blade to a straight razor edge, because they are completely different animals, and there's an huge technical difference in using the two to achieve a quality shave, It could come down to did you strop the razor before you shaved and if so did you cause the edge to fail? there are a number of small technical details you may have to look at, I know that if I hone a razor for someone starting out I would have stropped the razor ready to go, and I will tell the person who will be using the razor to just shave with the razor and do not strop the razor on the first shave, so if he strops the razor on his second shave and loses the edge you probably know what's happened.
Jamie.