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Try Robert Williams website for some technical type information as well as practical advice. Robert Williams Custom Straight Razors

We can also get to caught up in the technical aspects of the...

Actually your not so different than many of us. If you read some of the post in assorted areas like honing or stropping you'll see a lot of information being passed around figuring out why certain...

Good deal I'm glad it worked out well for you. Believe me we all have gone through something similar when we started with a straight. One thing some people do especially those with dense stiff beards...

Honestly though I don't expect or require a BBS shave every time I shave. Most of the time it feels and looks just fine without that close a shave.

Agreed BBS is not a myth at all. We watched Lynn restore a razor at the Mid Mo Meet and by the time he finished and honed it up it would give a BBS shave. He was gracious enough to allow us to shave...

No reason to. Sham is also very good as is Glen.

The best thing about sending a razor off to any of our folks that can really hone a razor is it gives you a benchmark to compare your other razors to.
Also never use a pasted strop everyday. You can...