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I don't consider my beard tough. There's a high density of hair, but I'm fair haired, so it's fairly thin and soft.

But I find I have to strop mid-shave sometimes. I like the edge really sharp,...

That makes sense. If the blade is flexible, the micrserrations will be too, and you'll need to strop more often.

This is a recognized fact of life in blade sharpening, when you're working with...

You know, I can't be sure you're not right.

The must be a continuity of the durability of edges all the way from dull to wire edge. It's the application that determines when the edge is too...

I used to go to an old time barber who was a real master, and I used to see him do mid-shave stropping all the time, even after he stropped when first starting a shave. He could tell by the feel of...