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Well here we go...had my second shave and it went great. Just a smooth as the first. So it seems the stropping was the culprit. I feel better now.

So anyway, I did 25 laps in clear water and stropped 50 laps on linen followed by 60 on leather. Very smooth and easy shave. The downward angled strip was very helpful. I let a little tension out of...

well I have a 4/8 combo, so I could reset the bevel but I haven't quite mastered the technique. If I can't make it work, I have a free SRD honing that came with the razor that I'll use instead.
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well it's a good thing I backhoned only twice...hopefully I didn't do any real damage. I'll bring it down to 20 laps on the 8k, clear water, and maybe 50 strokes on canvas and see where I go.

I'm having a lot of trouble keeping my Boker Edelweiss sharp and smooth for more than a shave or two. I've touched it up on the 8k side of my Norton twice now, and gotten great shaves off of it. ...