Thread: Scraping not tugging

it happens get ya a finisher and bring her back to life

Sounds like your ready for a refresh. When my razors start to tug, I go 7 full laps on my Norton 8k stone, 7 full laps on my 12k stone and strop. Run the razor over the back of your arm to see if it is cutting the hair. If it is, your all set, if not you need to send it out to be professionally honed.

A razor should not go from shaving to sucking in a single day. This is not normal wear.

Something traumatic must have happened to your edge.

Regardless of what happened, if it ain't shaving now you are going to have to deal with it. Assuming that you just rolled the edge, you MIGHT be able to fix it with perfect stropping. Just strop your blade 50 on linen and 100 on leather and see what happens with the next shave.

If it is not any better, then you are going to have to move on to honing. You can start gentle approach first. Start with a higher grit hone, then strop, then shave again. If that does not fix it, then you can work your way down to a lower grit hone. Alternatively, you can go all the way down to a bevel re-set on up, but this should be your last option.