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I myself always use two hands honing, I find I tilt the blade like you did with one hand. I DO make sure I don't push down, though (unless I'm setting a bevel). I'm a beginner at honing, having...

When I say 'honing' I'm literally talking 10 laps on the Shapton 16k (20 for my Swedish razors with the harder steel). I keep a honing journal and in reality i refresh the edges quite a bit less...

Yeah, agreed. I think I just LIKE hot water for a shave, esp in Winter. I have used icy cold water from the fridge on really hot mornings in Summer and it's great, esp with Proraso soap! I always...

Everybody's hair is different, so it's hard to say, but I'd advise that you shouldn't even be thinking about refreshing the edge yet, not unless you've dulled the edge a little by poor stropping. ...

As has been said, I doubt it's the stropping. If you're dulling the edge with poor stropping I think it's unlikely better stropping would bring the edge back, in my experience. I actually think it's...