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A wider blade will be easier to strop if you are excessively torquing the blade. If you eliminate most of that torquing, then the 5/8 will be just as easy as the 6/8.

A square point, by definition, is pretty much already muted. A square point is rounded over at the corner, while a spike point is square (90 degrees) at the corner.

I know, it can seem a little...

Historically the most commonly manufactured blade size was the 5/8, so many of our shaving forebears got by with that size just fine. Recently there seems to be an overreaction to the bigger is...