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I was just joking around, yes, I strop it daily. My routine was 5 laps cotton and 10 laps leather: that is post-shave to ensure the edge is dry; 20 laps cotton 50 laps leather pre shave.

Now I've...

Uh, I got a decent shave this morning on that edge, just a quick 2-pass since I was running late (bad case of the Mondays)....if anyone cares....:shrug:

Thanks for the 2nd reply Bill. My shaving technique particularly around the chin may be the culprit. "Scraping angle" sounds far too similar to what I'm often doing, I only went from VanDyke to...

however, now thinking this through, it's a bit academic isn't it? - I think the next action is the same either way. Time for another attempt at honing it I would guess

Gents I appreciate the input (I do), but I think we're addressing the more common newb question:"how long does an edge last?", I'm asking the only slightly different "how quickly can you kill it?"...

I mean unintentionally.
little background, I received my Dovo BQ 6/8 shave ready around Xmas time. I shaved non-exclusively with it getting marginally good shaves, with some irritation in the tricky...