It has been a while since my last post because I have not really had anything useful to say, whether or not this is useful, Ill leave to the masses to decide.

So I bought one of the Mk 2 Supply Single Edge Injector Razors (my only other besides str8 and DE) for myself and am enjoying it after a whole week. Unfortunately the blades are a little more expensive to get here in Australia so I had a poke around for opinions on touching up the edge yourself. Unfortunately the consensus of the majority (and rightly so) is why would you bother over a 50 cent edge? Cap in hand I got out my first shavette that had not seen light for seven years, my 1/4 slate finisher from AJ, my $0.50 blade and figured, so long as I don't damage my hone I am happy to see what transpires. Please bare in mind I use 1/4 hones bought from Whipped Dog and kept the theme going with AJ's slate because I got used to the size and find they are great for traveling.

After making sure the blade was secured without doing any damage to myself I went to it, fifty gentle strokes either side to get a feel for the angle and to see how it goes. The nick I had put in the first blade after loading it incorrectly into the Mk2 was there but I knew there was good contact. Did the hair test to see how it went and either the blade was not up to my usual test, it was not my version of shave ready or it was so sharp the test does not work (I'll leave the subjective discussion on shave ready for another post). Recalling we are talking about a throw away and not my favorite str8 I started grinding away on the finisher rather than dropping grit size. After a fair course (about 250 backwards and forwards each side on the small hone) the nick was out and I am starting to cut hairs on my arm, time to slow down a bit and be more thorough. Went for 100 soft finishers each side. HHT just to make sure it was alright and the blade is not topping but about half way up which is OK but not great, still not worried as a test might get more out of it if all works out.

I found that one side of the shavette allowed the blade a bit more give and the other did not seem to get the right angle so it was a case of grind fifty, turn over repeat then test. The nick from the incorrect insertion on the first blade (no matter cost the waste still annoyed me), had gone and the blade is now shaveable I suppose. I will finish on pasted strops if I can and then maybe take it to my strop.

If there is interest in this post I will comment on the shave, if there is not really any I'll leave it at that.