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thanks for the suggestion joe.. next time I'm feeling brave (read: masochistic) I'll just try doing several more cross grain passes before taking on the toughest of the tough

So, this morning i woke up and decided today was going to be the day. Since I last tried, I dropped by xman's place and he helped me hone my blade, as well as improve my stropping technique.
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huh, I'd never have thought of that. good point :)

well, I emailed tony yesterday about buying a pasted paddle strop.. hope he gets back to me soon so i get my blade sharper :D

I've had a couple of really good shaves with my razor since it reached me a month ago or so, and a many mediocre shaves. I don't think my blade is quite sharp enough yet but I plan to get a pasted...