Hi guys, this is my first post here so please bear with me. First of all, I've been shaving with a straight razor for nearly 20 years; I learned from books and archaic 90s websites. Over time I learned how to shave and maintain my razor quite sufficiently. A couple of months ago I dropped my razor while stropping and completely ruined the blade. I couldn't hone it back into submission so I had to go to a professional straight razor sharpener (these people didn't exist in the 90s or were few and far between at least). I took my razors to a highly-regarded sharpener (name withheld) and he was able to fix my blade and, indeed, make it sharper than it had ever been (he also sharpened another razor that I could never get sharp enough).

The strange thing is, yes, it is sharper than it has ever been and initially shaves well but then gives-out halfway through the shave. I have to re-strop it to get anything out of it. My old edge didn't have this problem even though it was duller.

My suspicion is that the edge is now so sharp that it can easily warp and needs to be straightened (stropped) back to finish the job.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any remedies? Do I need to re-examine my stropping technique?

cheers,

dq