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Ok bought a dovo on eBay had Mike from mason razor works do a restore on it and he also honed it. Shaved it once it was awesome Mike did great work. Here is my problem tried shaving with it Again After stropping it btw I'm. Newbie to this whole sr thing. It pulled like hell .. Any ideas I'm thinking it's my bAd stropping mAybe .. I've stropped my double duck and it shaved fine..
Well, by the process of deductive reasoning here you know it shaved great on day one and it shaved terrible on day two so since the only factor in between shaves was the stropping you can probably conclude it was your stropping.
Of course another possibility is the hone job was such that the edge deteriorated during the original shave. Maybe the edge was too delicate. If that was the case an examination with some mag would show that.
thebigspendur pretty much summed it up for you. Depending on how proficient you are with your stropping you may have rolled the edge. You could try stropping it again to see if you can possibly bring the edge back, or look under magnification to see what other problem may be there.
Or you could try using some punctuation in your post, that way i dont have to read it 27 times to understand fully.
Rules of Stropping:
1. Stropping is good for a razor's edge.
2. Bad stropping is bad for a razor's edge.
3. If the stropper is new at stropping, there is a very small likelihood the stropping will help.
4. An edge that is good prior to bad stropping will get worse.
[SIZE=4]Don't feel bad. Everyone dulls their first razor while learning to strop, myself included. That's part of the learning curve. Try stropping it again, but go slow across the leather and concentrate, no pressure, and if that doesn't work, yep, you'll have to re-hone it to get the edge back. But at least now you've crossed that bridge./SIZE]
Everyone here is giving great advice! When you're stropping make sure that you are pulling your strop tight. You don't have to white knuckle it but make sure that you're not allowing the strop to bow while you are performing the strokes. As mentioned, take it easy, once step at a time, move that razor nice and slow. If your strop is thinner than the razor, make sure you are doing an 'x' stroke to ensure that all the steel is being stropped evenly.
Best of luck to you.
You might try laying the strop on a table/counter top to keep it flat until you learn proper stropping. In the mean time practice with a butter knife with the strop hanging until you get proper technique. Once you are confident with your butter knife/hanging strop technique then try doing it with a razor. These tips will save your strop and the razor's edge.
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by lamppa
I understood it, the first time I read it. Not bad, considering I only passed English because my wrestling coach was banging my English teacher. :shrug:
Maybe a little Windex on your computer screen would help you to see better. ;)
Hahahahahahahha. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
The first shave was done by who? You or the person that honed it? My first shave was good but felt a lot different than a cartridge razor so I thought my razor was pulling it was a different felling to say the least. The way it felt changed as the shaves went on and I improved. My first Razor was a Dovo Black Star with a factory edge and I shaved with it for a while before it was put on a hone. This is just me and the way it felt on my face
Man that's funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
I also understood the post on the first read. Not the worst written post I've seen on SRP by FAR. And IMO, one doesn't have to be an english major to be part of the discussion on SRP.
To the OP:
As recommended above, try a good careful stropping. Make sure the spine of the razor is always in contact with the strop, especially when flipping the razor. Also make sure that you place the razor on the strop spine first and lift it off blade first.
Watch the stropping video from the main page by Afdavis, and also watch Lynn's stropping video from the video section.
After that, try shaving only the easiest parts of your face and see if that works. If, after a while, you can't shave with your razor, then contact the vendor. Maybe Mike will rehone if necessary.
If you have a magnifier, take a look at the very edge of your blade. If you see little glinty, sparkly sections right on the cutting edge, then I think your edge is toast.
Michael
Hey, Copper
I'm glad you're getting the input this way. The last thing needed would be for guys to turn hypocrit and say they got stropping right away and that you're just an underachiever. I was terrible at stropping - and for some time. Should your subsequent stropping efforts not bring back the joy, you can send to a pro or PM me for honing - just pick up shipping. Here, its handy to have a 2nd blade so you can keep shaving while one is out being touched up. It needn't be a costly blade, just sound and shave ready.
BTW: when I say I was terrible at stropping - I destroyed 5 strops. I've posted previously that I think some of them survived just so they could get revenge. 'Having no particular talent at this, I had to make up for that lack by ALOT of practice. On days I hone and test multiple razors, 1-2000 strokes stropping are common.
You'll get it. It'll come. And you'll LOVE your shaves. That's what keeps us at it.