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Ivo, thanks both for the gift and the sympathies. The issue was me not adjusting my stropping technique to the blade. It's a lesson learned on a strop that already survived my learning process and...

For some reason I keep thinking there must be something wrong with my honing skills, despite the obvious proof that a fire destroyed the Satinedge's temper, so I try various things on the hones, from...

Another Sheffield shave...
Sprock 5/8 BC RP, TGQ Orange Patchouli soap and Old Spice. Not bad for a hung over shave :D

This is a larger blade and it's double-tempered so I probably messed up somewhere along the line.
Today I shaved with the Bismarck. Got a nice clean shave but I probably should have waited to take...

The Filly needs to go back to the hones. I don't know what I did to the bevel or even how I did it, but this is beyond CrO2. Had a bit of a pull and the shave wasn't nearly as comfortable as it was...

Another DE shave but it's the last one for a while, I promise. I'm getting used to this puppy and it looks like it will make a nice little traveller. Tomorrow I'm going back to my straights.. IIRC...