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Aw, shucks.

On another high note, tonight I turned in a shave in about 10 minutes! I normally take upward of 45 minutes for two passes, including stropping before the shave. Tonight I...

Just to revive this thread, I thought I would post my progress with the Arkansas stone. I soaked it in a degreaser overnight, and the next morning lapped it on a piece of glass using 400 grit wet...

I didn't mention that I only did two WTG passes, and had been doing two WTG one XTG with the DE. That was also pretty confidence inspiring.

So, using only the Arkansas oil stone that I got last week and a strop I made this afternoon I got the best, closest shave that I have had from a straight. I grabbed a 2x16 piece of leather from a...