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OK. I snuck out and bought a Norton 4000/8000 stone when the wife wasn't looking. While I was there I picked up a 0.5 micron film thinking that I might be able to use this after finishing with the...

Tricky. Judging sharpness Vs. poor technique. As a general rule how much work is needed to get a new Dovo shaving sharp?

That would certainly explain why the edge appeared to be getting worse this evening not better! Is "popping" a hair held between fingers reliable for gauging sharpness.

I checked out the balsa wood strop which looks very "cost effective". Do you use that as you would a leather paddle strop with the balsa taking the place of the leather or do you need to treat it...

I'm just getting started here and have the following set-up. Dovo razor, Col Conk honing stone, paddle strop (from Lee Valley tools). After getting my razor I set to work with the hone and strop and...