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Hey, no problem at all. Sometimes I think it helps to get a blunt dose of common sense thrown at you. That said, I did post that I'm suspending myself from SRP for a while (as soon as TGQ posts the...

Well, I did get a good shave today. In fact, I almost got my chin completely smooth in just one pass and same goes for my upper lip (which almost never happens). No razor burn is evident either....

Well, I just had to try something else. I went back to the strop and stropped for an addtional 50-60 passes. I went real slow and looked at what I was doing and sure enough, there is one spot where I...

I think I messed thing up.

I saw the link to the paper towel test and tried it with my razor. Nothing doing. So, I honed and honed and honed and tried the PPT again. I never could get it to pass...

Well, I followed Alan's advice and did probably a few more than 40 strokes on the 8k before I felt that the thumbnail test was passable. then I stropped it for 50 strokes or so (sorry, I got...

Thanks Alan, I think we take a similiar approach to cutting strokes. I never start on a protrusion (like my chin) and on those, I use a flatter angle than on the neck and sides of my face.

As to...

Hmm :thinking:

Scarface, thanks for the information. I'm getting a little confused now, but that's only due to lack of experience I think

Alan:

Thanks for the suggestion. After I lap the hone, I will follow it.

As to the shaving stroke angle. I'm experimenting with, and seem to like, a short (2-3 inch) diagonal stroke with the...

I figured that, Bear. :)

Alright... Settle down people...

The rumors of my honing ability have been greatly exagerated.

Send me nothing unless you want it ruined for life :eek:

After passing all these tests, the results were anticlimactic.

Shave wasn't comfortable, though little razor burn was felt, I have patches of stubble in my typical trouble spots and the blade felt...

Smoothing? Like on chromium oxide or diamond pastes?

I normally don't either. I was just getting frustrated so I thought I'd check them all out. I'll try one every so often just to be curious but as a rule, I typically just rely on the thumbnail and...

right, I'll take a picture and it can be the cover of a Pink Floyd CD :)

Never gonna happen. If I waited to that result, I'd have a full beard for years.

After having something of a setback in my daily shaves, I am trying different tests and want to describe what I've done and the results:

1. I went back to the 8k Norton and worked it until I was...