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Second try - with pastes.

I pasted some balsa strips with the Dovo red and black pastes, and the shave this morning was much better. I also took a lot more care with the Morley, and made sure to...

Maxi -

Thanks for the comments - can you clarify: 'maxing out the 4k' is defined as what? no more 'rough' feeling? no more metal coming off on the stone?

I think I was a little bit rushed on...

Charles - Thanks for the advice.

When I tried straight shaving three years ago, I bought a container of CroOx that sat on my shelf until this past October - when i was cleanign up my workshop, and...

I used a Norton 4k/8k combo stone, plus an artificial nagura for the 4k to set the bevel.

I'd like to know what to look for - one side of the bevel is 'longer / deeper' than the other - it goes...

Well, I tried to hone a razor last night. Today was the shave test. I'd have to give it 6.5 or 7 out of ten. I followed gssixgun's video closely, and took the Morley Clover razor I have through the...