Hey guys my name is Michel i'm from beirut lebanon.

I got 2 old razors about two months ago, searched the forum and on youtube and found good tutorials about restoration so I tried to restore those two. I don't have any honing stones or strop so i asked local barbers if they have or know someone who have, they told me about a guy who hones scissors so i gave it a try and gave him one of my blades.

he honed it first on a machine which left deep marks on the spine of the blade and changed it's form. he got me a strop which i bought for 15$.

I tried to shave with it without any stropping and felt it was a bit rough so i tried to strop it but did not get any results. I went to my barber to see if he knows better, it turned out that he knew shit about stropping and straight razors and started to strop my blade with awful technique which made the blade even duller, now i can't get it to shave properly and i spent about an hour stropping (i read this guide http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...ng_your_senses ) but no results :/ any suggestions would be appreciated

thanks in advance guys you rock