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Well, before I even got the hone, the razor was progressively getting worse and worse. What changed with the strop was that I decided to add strop dressing after about the first week (and I probably...

Well, today was the test shave day and I have to say now that I'm using my other strop there was a vast improvement, the razor just glided like a champ. I still have work to do on my technique,...

I am looking into those Tony Miller strops, they look terrific and I've heard only good things about them, unfortunately he's currently on hiatus. My next investments are a new strop, a finishing...

I'm pretty sure its not the lack of a finishing stone, for the simple reason that my razor shaves decent off the linen but gets destroyed by the leather. I'm definitely not arguing against a...

Ok, I just re-honed and did what I would consider a superb job for my skill level. Then I did about 40 laps on the linen, and finished it off with 60 laps on a different leather strop I have. Its a...

I'm not claiming the honing job was excellent, however, it was substantially sharper right off the hone than it was after using the leather strop.

As for the saddle soap, I'm not sure where to...

I did use strop dressing on it to keep it soft, I live in the desert so its pretty dry. How should I go about cleaning the leather to remove the excess dressing and gunk?

Ok so I've been shaving with my straight for about 3 months now and have run into a dilemma...
I was getting progressively worse shaves after starting out. I was told by the retailer that my razor...