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The edge is more sensitive than your finger-tips so there must be SOME trapped grit. Try scrubbing it with a scrubbing pad and some powder detergent.

Try shaving with it so you know what to expect. Be extra gentle on the strop. Getting a Norton is a great idea and it will need to be lapped/rounded from new. Some come ready out of the box, but if...

No, but there's only one brand of Polish razors that Wojtec carries AFIK.

I'm guessing the razor is a Wapienica and that there shouldn't be any issues with it. I just thought of another explanation...
If the razor hasn't been sharpened and was just sitting somewhere for...

The hone could be your problem. Actually it's probably a slow cutting piece of slate and your blade wouldn't chip if you lapped the hone and rounded off the edges but it won't get your blade...

It's not ruined, but you're not telling us which hone you're using.