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Yes, you are right. There are so many variables. I would have been more suspicious had you done the TNT, but yes, if there was a wire edge, it could have broken during the shave. You would not...

If you did the TNT, that may have broken off the wire edge. It may also have broken off anytime during the shave.

The microscopic picture you are describing is consistent. It also sounds more...

Could be that all these things you describe, and your painful shaves, are due to a wire edge that broke off. I agree, it would require more than stropping on paste to fix, if that were the problem.

The TNT is usually just used to assess the bevel formation, not beyond 4000 grit. Above that, it may ruin (or have ruined) your edge.

I think you are right. More than likely, the duller edge of your Boker let you get away with some lapses in your technique, but these are now amplified by the sharp Puma. As had been pointed out,...