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Thanks Rajagra; that's all it took and I'm back to my usual shave! I wonder if I'm letting my blades dull too much then :confused:

It's time to hone my blades again and the pyramid just does not work. I can get the blades sharp to pop my arm hair but not as sharp as it was before. Is it because I don't have the coticule to...

I've got a second razor that I "might" have stropped incorrectly that I'll try the tape on. Thank you very much and you too bud! I'm so glad I went with the straights!

Done! I had a gangleon cyst asperated from my wrist Tuesday so I couldn't finish honing the blade. Now I'm done and I can honestly say the blade has never been this sharp before. The shave was...

Good grief man; there's a lot to it! I'll make it happen "exactly as you have instructed" and report back!

Well I spent about an hour on my blade last night. Used the 4k until it popped my arm hair, then went to the 8k, and finally stropped the snot our of it. My shave WTG was excellent but ATG was not...

I'll do it tonight and let you know how it turns out. I've only got it to pass the HHT test after stropping so that's likely my problem right there! Thanks very much! Next time you're out here...

It's a 6/8" Dovo "Best Quality" Carbon Steel Straight Razor with Blond Scales (simplistic and yet beautiful), I honed it last month (my beard pattern really beats up the blade, I did circles on the...

Thanks very much! I'll work at it a bit more if it needs it and get the coticule when I can.

It passes the HHT test but I've learned that the best test is simply shaving. I've got a compound microscope that will do the job "probably too well" but the stage is metal and I'm terrified that...

I use a Norton 4/8 k and between that and my stopping I can get my blades good and sharp. I still need a coticule but for some reason there's not much extra coin laying around! So; I did the...