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It was good. 'Not the best of the 3 wackers, but good. It's a bit diff. in that it's a first large (15/16) blade for me. 'No drag that a light touch & some scything/guillotine stroke didn't overcome....

GSSixgunner repeatedly says we underestimate stropping. I did 8 on crox/leather, 60 on canvas, 100 on bare leather. Tried HHT, and only the heal performed, 30 more on leather, no change. 50 more on...

'just habit, I guess - used to seeing a smooth mirror. I'll let you know how it feels. Thank you both!

'Just checked one other wacker - scratched also, but shaves wonderfully. I be strop'n

'Working a new blade, which has taken more attention than I've had to use before. The normal appearance at 20x mag is a fairly uniform mirror surface after riding a c12k. On this blade, I continue to...