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Good points, both Adam and Ray. My beard is fairly light and I wear a Van Dyke.:hmmm:

Right, 30 degrees is a lot flatter than most people estimate. If you're measuring to the blade center, one spine width would be roughly 24 degrees, and two spine widths would be roughly 40 degrees.
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My edges dulled almost that quickly when I started. Now I get around a hundred shaves between touch ups using just clean strops daily.

I blamed my early experience on high shave angle at the...