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F. Dick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

which mentions "Magneto Steel" sharpening steels, toward the bottom. Could be the same...

Short answer:

. . . Probably not.

A pasted strop is great for polishing an already-sharp edge. "Already-sharp" means that it's been sharpened on a stone (or sandpaper) to somewhere between...

There's plenty of info in the Wiki about pasted strops.

FWIW (from a newbie):

I put a little CrOxide paste on _one side_ of my cloth strop (attached to the leather strop). That gives me either...

The first few antique shop razors I bought taught me a lot about honing -- often more than I wanted to know.<g>

I became a lot more selective after that start.

Larry Andreassan (sorry if...

There's some material about pasted strops in the Wiki. I believe it includes a list of the Dovo pastes and their equivalent grits.

Which Dovo paste do you have?

IMHO (based on my experience...

As long as your beard keeps growing, everything will be OK.<g>

If it stops, and you have an urge to shave your legs instead of your face -- then you'll have something to worry about.

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Joseph Rodgers is the "Royal Cutler" -- knife-maker to the British royal family.

I have one of their razors (blade proudly etched "Royal Razor") -- it works fine.

HOWEVER:

I have been...