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Hey Michael,

Nice to meet you I live pretty close i just sent you a private message would be great to catch up!

phil

Ok so i thought i'd report back after attempting a couple of sharpenings and strops. My setup is simple a norton 4000 / 8000 and a linen / leather strop. My first razor is a stainless steel dovo....

thanks guys i'm still waiting for my strop to arrive... Pinklather are you saying you cut yourself a lot because your blade wasn;t sharp enough? Yeah i didn;t read the part about shaving for the...

Great thanks everyone for your replies!

I guess i just got a bit confused with all the information on pastes etc that's out there i wanted to keep the setup as simple as possible while still...

Yes it is and i was expecting it to be much sharper than i got... when i went back to my disposable (which i didn't want to do) i got a closer shaving however i'm confident that once i bring the SR...

100 laps! that sounds like i'd be there a while i thought i'd need 20-30 max...

ok cool thanks so a strop after the 8K stone will give me a sharp enough edge? So a basic leather strop is all i need at this point?

Hi everyone,

I received my straight razor in the mail yesterday and unfortunately although quite sharp it wasn't as shape as i thought it would be. I ordered it from dovo and i was able to shave...