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Yes, that's called, I believe, allowing the blade to, "fin". Now, this is what was explained to me, sounds to me to complicate something that doesn't need complicating, but here goes. I was told,...

Agreed - my routine is always the same, 20 linen, 60 leather, before and after each shave.

Question for you...noticed you mentioned, "mirror finish" a post or two before. That's one of the things I really like in my blades...I have the .25 crox, but you mentioned about getting that mirror...

Actually, he said 10 on the diamond before and after each shave, so I guess that would be 20....seems excessive to me, but you're right, if it's workin' for him, that's all that matters.

Cheers!

For me, I have about 30 razors now, about 15 of them are my W&B's which I seem to use the most, and all were pro-honed, and I have yet to have one after 6 months come even close to needing to be...

I find the linen is nice to strop with after a shave, as I strop before and after a shave.

Now the, "before" could be days before I actually use the blade, I've been know to strop up a few blades...