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Huge thanks to cudarunner for honing 2 razors for me and giving me great feedback. It's a big help to know what a well-honed blade is supposed to feel like before I screw it up, and I...

Best welcome I've ever had from an internet community. cudarunner: what an offer. I'll send you a PM. Thanks to all.

Even though I am very careful stropping, never caught an edge as far as I know, and only shaved once?

Or are you saying there is no way to tell if I really need it until I shave with it...

Should have not stropped before shaving. That topic is well covered here so I take full responsibility for that gaffe.

So, do I just keep stropping/shaving with the blade as-is for a while and...

Thanks! That's a heck of a lesson. I might have to institute a no girlfriend policy in the bathroom during shaves.

Just checked my instructions. Great advice on the paper, but it didn't specifically say not to strop before the first shave. Of course I am not calling out the honemaster. It was probably done...

Thanks for the quick replies! Seems like this is going to be a very helpful community. Yes, I did strop before the first shave, which may have been a bad move. But I first tried the hanging hair...

After a clownish beginning (cheap made in china ebay purchase, honed by a knife sharpener), I forked out the cash for a restored dubl duck from vintage blades shave-ready and honed by Lynn Abrams.
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