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gssixgun has this great thread/experiment that helped me start on maintaining my own razors:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/stropping/41343-pasted-strops-experiment.html

Of course he has that...

The stropping without out leather sounds tough - does you use the iron oxide every day?

I had read this article last year when I stumbled on it.

Recently I reached out to the author to see how...

Thank you for telling about a real "Two Razor Bob" - for want of a better name.
If you could find out the rest of his routine (soap, brush and other support) it would be great, we don't want to...

We touched on this in one of the other threads, a Newbie welcome string I recall.
They had commented on taking up the Straight "to save money"

I made the comment that one day the mythical...

So I pulled out my shave log (Engineers, we just do this )

My first CJB/Dorco I got one shave. It was so bad I thought it had to be the blade..so I pitched it and went to Feather Pro. Latter...

+1 - The Tang and balance of the DX is worth the price of admission....

Once you have some practice the blade service life will increase.
I started out getting 5-7 and regularly get 18-21 now. We have a couple of members who can go 30+.

If it works for you it is a...