Quote Originally Posted by bvais View Post
Ok, I got the blade back from SRD and was able to compare it against the one that I didn't send in yet.
I can definitely feel a difference, but no cigar yet... The honed blade still pulls at my whiskers. It was clearly better than before the hone, and it pulled less than my other blade, but it still did. I didn't strop it and kept the angle very small.
What to do now? Call Lynn and try to figure this out?
Give it a good stropping and try again. If Lynn finished on a 20K it can take a stropping or two to get the edge properly burnished.

Most give the advice to not strop when getting a blade from one of the honemeisters. I think this is for new shavers and takes out the chance of dulling an edge with a bad strop technique.

Let the linen and leather do their work and see how it goes.