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I did five cycles today. I am now going to 2 occasionally. I appreciate the tip.

Completely agree. Too much honing was the deal. I just did five cycles before a shave today. No dust. No problems. Blade was plenty sharp. Mistakes like this are why I'm the beginner :-). I'll be...

Far too many :-). I was just enjoying the new tool too much. More than 30 cycles, yeah dumb. The diamond dust was like snow on both sides of the blade.

Normally on the Chromium oxide (which lives...

Thank you. Very good advise, and I agree I am just going to have to get more experience with the paddle strop system. I'll back way down on the cycle count and see how the shaves feel.

I sharpen a...

This is one of those bad news good news sort of stories. I think I put too many cycles on a .5 micron diamond abrasive and dulled my blade. Up until today I've been using a hanging strop...