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Strop the razor and give it a second try. If you get a second poor shave you likely will want to either send it back or send it to someone else.

The point I was trying to make, is that because many people can and do hone, does not mean that everyone can. It seems that it gets stated that honing is simple and everyone can and should hone far...

There is also the fact that not a one of us has a prefect track record of honing. The person that was paid to hone it could have easily made a mistake. They happen.
Honing is easy until it isn’t....