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I'm honing since October. But the same exact razor lasted 3 weeks on 1 um film. The edge I'm talking about didn't get any paste. .3 micron al/ox film on granite surface plate. The same for the 3...

Anybody do a study of this then? The only thing I can say is ive finished blades on .3 micron lapping film and the edge didnt last more than 3 shaves. .3 film on granite surface plate. 1 micron film...

I would dull the edge very slightly on the side of a glass. Do 50 circles 20 laps 20 x strokes, as many sets to get the blade sharp heel to toe. You might ne doing this a while. Then 20 circles 20...

Every thing that has grit will leave teeth. The smaller the teeth the more delicate they are. The more refined an edge the more delicate it will be.

Assuming its been honed well, one slip on the strop will roll it in about half a second, bad angle can kill it in a couple shaves(scraping angle) and improper stropping will not realign all the fins...

Technique is also an issue. Ive gone much longer now that I use a slicing stroke as oppossed to straight on. I use the lowest angle that still cuts. Scraping kills it quick and good stropping takes a...