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All of your replies have been very helpful as usual. If it were not for all the knowledge on this forum I would still be mowing down my facial hair with electric clippers twice a month.

Yes, he did inform me of the correct method of lapping in the stone. And you have me sold on focusing on the Norton. I have been very successful at stropping my razors. I have approximately 20+...

I have an Illinois #127 strop. the underside of the leather is pretty coarse and fuzzy, obviously because that is where it was cut. So I could use the paste on it even though it is rough?

Not at all that I don't "trust" him. he is very good at what he does. I am just looking for options since he was unable to give me details on lapping pastes. Probably because he doesn't use them. He...

I have read in a post recently that an 8K edge will not last as long as a finer grit finish. Is that because the edge has a more jagged surface?

In my quest to be a completely self sufficient straight razor addict I have recently ordered a Norton 4k/8k waterstone and am looking for an inexpensive means of "finishing/ touching up". I presented...