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Just to clarify tlittle, I strop 4 or 5 laps just before a shave and 35 to 40 after. Unless I miss the mark and need to strop 35 to 40 on both the pre and post shave, that could be a problem.

I think you are on the right track Onimaru, I have touched the edge up several times and I even spent a bit of time trying to set the bevel with the 1k but I found no better results going from the 1k...

I agree, big. I am not ruling myself out as the source of the issue but I am not doing anything fancy or different than just to keep the strop taught and making a nice easy X pattern and leaving the...

I am a 35 to 40 lap guy, that's for sure. I think i have to fix my gear then complain about it but keep in mind I have been doing things the same way for 6 months with the same gear and the change in...

As far as my technique goes, I have researched on how to properly strop and the general consensus is to use a light hand and that what I do.

I never even considered that fragalot.

I have minimal tools at my disposal, my primary metal remover is a 220/1k Norton India and my hone is a ceramic called a Moonstone, no idea who made it but I do remember the clear plastic box it was...

I have been shaving for a little while and have had a decent brush, razor, strop, and cream to work with. What I have come to find that as of the last few months I prefer to shave with my razor right...