Quote Originally Posted by Pithor View Post
I'm not trying to be sarcastic here, I'm honestly wondering: did you shave with the razor before you honed it, or did you hone it based on the way the bevel looked? I can't find you making any reference to it, that's why I'm asking.

I'm wondering, because it was, most likely, honed on a coticule and coticules are known to leave sandblasted looking edges. Your description, 'foggy and unpolished', sounds very much like a visual description of a coticule edge.

Apart from that, nothing to add. Revisors are wonderful razors and may you enjoy yours for many years to come.
I removed the razor from the box.
I removed residual oil with a towel.
I TP tested, it didn't grab my pad as my properly honed razors do.
I attempted to tree top arm hair, no hair grabbed
I attempted to then shave my forearm, it tugged and pulled, and the 2 hairs that "cut" were yanked out by the root.
I inspected the edge and noted foggyness, then honed.

This is my standard inspection as it were for any razor I aquire from any source. Now 28 razors in my fleet all passed or failed, as it were. I have plenty of antique store finds and the like that were far more dull, and I have a lot of pro-honed razors that were far sharper.

Due to the sensitive nature of my facial skin, I adopted the above process to avoid some very painful razor burn, and it hasn't failed me since I implemented it.