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Thanks! Great to know that it can be done! If nothing else I'm getting a lot of practice working on my honing stroke and technique but it'd be nice if I can eventually get it shave ready.

I'm...

Thanks! All good suggestions and I'll try them. After re-honing last night the razor would cut hair off the 1K. I wouldn't say it did it "easily" but it did. I could also see a clear line on both...

Eek! Another razor?

Good point though.

As I said in my first post, after the 1K the razor easily passed the magic marker test so I think the bevel is pretty good. I also looked at it through a loupe and it looked OK to my admittedly...

A new one. I'd read they were producing some really bad ones for a time but that they'd improved in the last year or so.

It does help. I redid the progression starting from the 4k tonight and applied much less pressure, really none at all, just letting the spine glide along the hone and the result seems better. Still...

I posted my experience with my first full shave with a straight over in the shaving forum but thought I'd recount my experience with a razor that I honed here. As background, I have a Dovo that I...