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Well, the pyramids seem to be working. I did five or six last night, and this morning the razor was actually shaving, although it was tugging badly around my chin. Although it wasn't even in the...

Joe, as I understand it, the thumbnail test consists of wetting your nail and drawing the razor's edge over the surface of the nail with as little pressure as possible. I've been trying that, and the...

I gave the slipstones a try last night and met with mixed results. I lapped them on 600-grit sandpaper and glass, then I did 40 laps with the 4000 stone and 30 with the 8000. Then I went through the...

OK, my 4/8k slip stones arrived today, so I'm going to give them a try tonight. Couple more questions here:

FiReSTaRT mentioned that it would take more pyramids with these than on the Norton. Why...

Thanks for the tips; the Norton is a little out of my budget right now, so I got the slip stones. From there I guess I can just follow the pyramid, since I'll have 4/8k stones available.

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This is my first post, although I've spent quite a few hours gleaning wisdom from this excellent resource. I'm new to straight razor shaving, and thus far I haven't been able to get through a...