Thread: Different shaving results from either side of razor.

Originally Posted by JoelLewicki

Sounds like a stropping technique problem to me. If you use a hanging strop, in the future try laying it on a flat surface. However, it sounds like you've rolled the edges, so the first thing will be getting them re-honed.

Stropped up some "pain" myself this morning. Was in there flying up and down the leather, and went from "Hero to zero" when I realized I was flipping it wrong and probably curled the edge. My concerns were validated when I spent the next 15 minutes pulling beard hair out instead of shaving it like it had done the day before. I'll fix it tonight but just a few moments of not paying attention to such detail and your headed down a "rabbit hole" on your shave.

I consider myself pretty damn good at sharpening since I've been sharpening my own hunting knives, wives kitchen collection, and pretty much everyone else's knives since I can remember but razor sharpening is a whole new level of complexity. Cutting arm hairs is easy.....cutting a single hair placed on top of the blade...not so easy.