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thanks for that,

That's a good idea!

*I have a* a dublduck satinedge that is, well, far gone. the scales look to be melted together and warped more than anything i've ever seen; the blade is...

Oh, i am by no means a Vet! I've got a long ways ahead of me before i could say that!

I appreciate the input gugi.

My reasons for the number of strokes is somewhat logicical in my perspective....

That stroke count is necessary to get a dull ebay special to shave-ready. Until the OP can assess the edge at various stages of honing, he will likely strop and shave test - be dissatisfied, and go...

It wont lower the quality of the edge, but remove the "coticule quality" that the BBW leaves. I believe the sentence more often used to describe this quality is "it cuts hair, not skin". I can attest...

Ah. Hopefully you'll get a slurry stone with it.

The BBW will do much more than a 4k would, and does not behave like a 4k at all. .
I would suggest you stick with just the BBW at first, as it...

Ive found that assessing an edge with razors really is only useful to a point. The advantage of the BBW is that it won't remove all that much more material than necessary by starting from scratch...

Get yourself a good but cheap strop with a canvas side.

I started honing in ernest with a BBW. You can get a perfectly shaveable edge off of it, but it will take you a week or so of...