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Granted some of the razors coming out of China leave a lot to be desired. I think it is pretty presumptuous to assume that good razors can't be made in China. Mercedes Benz does make cars in China...

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is 17 degrees what it should be with a +/- of 2 degrees for manufacturing tolerance. I think 20-25 degrees is into knife blade territory.
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No I do not think it far fetched. Just give it time and experience in honing and stropping. You'll get there eventually.

Bob

I think you may have a few things going against you getting more than 10 shaves from your Gold Dollar razor. From your join date I take it that you are brand new to shaving with a straight razor. If...

That is why I do not use a high power microscope, I'm assuming that is what those photos are from, because I do not want to scare the crap out of myself while honing. Even if I can see a tiny divot...

Well, I don't know about the stropping ability bit but I am starting to think the Euro guys may have a point in using a loaded strop in their pre shave stropping routines.

Bob

My finisher is 12K Naniwa followed by 20 laps on a crox sprayed hanging felt strop, 40 on English/flax linen and 80-100 laps on shell cordovan leather. Before each shave I used to do 10 laps on the...

As the title asks I have been wondering this for a good bit now. Normally I use a different straight razor daily and it takes about 2 months to go through my rotation. I really had no idea because of...