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I tried stropping first, i did 30 laps on the linen and 30 on leather but the razor was pulling and it felt very uncomfortable if not painful and my face was very red for a good few hours after the...

OK, i think i need some help! I seem to have hit a wall. I don't seem to be making any progress i think i may have over honed:gth and am not sure where to go from here, i have been trying the...

Thats right i have lapped my hone using the sandpaper. I haven't tried to shave yet as the razor still needs stropping but as i said the strop is in the mail. Cheers Mark

Thanks for all the reply's, i have lapped my hone with 280, 600 then finished off with 1200 wet and dry sandpaper, as my honing skills as i said i'm learning with an old razor given to me, i think...

Ok, so i'm getting a new dovo and was wondering how much honing/stropping will it require out of the box? I'm new to straight, got a norton como 4000/8000 and an old straight to practise with before...