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But of course my good man. Oh I wanted to be more clear about this, b/c when I was trying to learn the TNT "grabbing" was kind of vague in the descriptions. The blade will grab and not "sink in", it...

wet your thumb with water, holding the razor across your thumb nail west-east gently and SLOWLY slide the blade across your nail using no pressure at all, it should grab along the entire length but...

Whoops, brain fart...I meant it mainly for the TNT, the arm hair test is a good one...can't believe I forgot to mention that one. Apologies all around.

Only here to help, hope you get the razor taken care of, let us know if you need any more assistance.

Something I saw in sonnysouthwest's post above I forgot about til' I saw his. After you have the bevel set and you are ready to start refining it you can use the tests mentioned above to assess if...

+1 to what has been already said, but remember your straight razor is not going to be as sharp as a Feather blade no matter how much you hone it. They have specialized machines used to sharpen scapel...