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I don't mean to rain on your parade, but I think we've taken this as far as it can go in this thread. This web forum has hundreds, if not thousands, of posts that discuss everything you...

In all honesty that's a hard thing to quantify. When I get my razors back from my honer, they're ridiculously sharp and that first shave is always great. But he probably uses 4-6+ hones to get it...

That's what I do now and it works just fine. I used to send my razors out to be honed periodically, and that was great, it was just a hassle to be constantly sending razors in the mail.

Some...

He probably told you not to strop it because he stropped it after he honed it, and thus you didn't need to.

Honing a razor sharpens the edge (i.e. makes the flat part of the edge, in microscopic...

Stropping will make for a more comfortable shave by "conditioning" the edge of the razor before you use it. It's similar to using a knife steel on a knife, if you're got any experience there. So you...