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Or just the jaggedness left from the steel fin tearing away from the edge.

Verhoeven has shots at 3,000x taken from all angles (each side and head-on), and it's apparent that what looks like...

Was it a clean transition to shiny or a gradual one? What was the grind on the M&G?

Not in my opinion. I did some experiments with pasted hangers and a slightly arched bevel is no problem as long as the final angle stays in a normalish range. I believe one of the members here kept...

It will if you're stropping on something even slightly abrasive. If you're stropping on something very hard and flat like a pasted hardwood then it'll slowly abrade the primary bevel and diminish...

Not in an actual Dovo Shavette it doesn't, that plastic adapter and stainless steel holder secures it quite firmly. In fact I would say that there's less flex in the Shavette-held DE blade than...

Chuck half a DE blade into a shavette, which also allows you to vary the angle during the shave. It's still harsh.

DE blades have a reputation for harshness, and they're all honed with secondary and tertiary bevels. But do whatever works for you.