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Thanks.

I tried adding some laps on the 60K this morning before my shave. A little rougher than yesterday but not in " @#$%!#$ that hurts!" category at all.

Tomorrow I think I'll try a few laps...

mparker762:

Thanks for the tip. I tried it today.

I stropped about 30x then went bak to the 60K grit for 20 laps and then stropped again just before shaving.

It made a difference to be sure....

60,000 grit - that's the claim both on their (HandAmerican) website and on my packing slip. Is this unreasonable? I'm just as new to the whole sharpening business as I am to straight razor shaving. I...

Thanks everyone!

I was quite 'let down' after the shave from hell. I glad to know it's not required :)

I'm about to lap the blade a few times on the 60K grit paper that came with the hone and...

The FlatBed Hone is 11 inches long and I did about 60 round trips just before I shaved. This probably works out to 30 round trips on a 24 inch hanging strop.

I'm still thinking that I might have...

mparker762:

Definitely not the razor unless I messed it up. I got it shave ready from one of the Honing Gods here at SRP.

I don't think it was the prep. For the infamous third shave:
I washed...

HI Guys:

I've had three shaves with my new straight razor. The first was uncomfortable but I assumed that was par for the course. The second was marginally better but the third was awful!
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