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Thanks vm. it's probably time i had a hone but this time i'll follow your instruction and let you know my results. i meant wet and dry by the way, when i wrote w+d.. just too much abbreviation. ...

not sure of the brand, i got a 25g bag from ebay (uk). the other paddle strop is a hemp webbing with dovo red paste. I've since made another paddle with dove black on leather. the only lapping (the...

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here's all my stuff and the 3k 8k combo is wusthof

" Folks here will say im crazy but I have done as many as 100 careful strokes on a crox strop with no ill effects not necessary to be sure but doable."

glad to hear it. i can't say i've had much...

wouldn't really know how good my crox is though??? even with a loupe

Thank you rf sound advice. more practice! will def try the lighter 8k strokes with a bit of lather before shelling out for the nani.

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yeah you're definitely right. the gokumyo 20k at 27,000 Yen it is almost impossible to beat. unless you wanted to buy a paving slab size piece of cuticule…. that might do it:D

wot a pity. perhaps you could help:D I'm at roughly the 8 month mark of straight razor shaving and i'm still chasing the really smooth shave i hear so much about here and other forums. i only have...

"Was that the spine or the edge?" But the clean swipe, the whiskers in the lather on the blade, all meant the razor was shaving. It was my first experience of a truly "smooth" razor that I'd honed...