Was a little undecided as to where to place this thread but decided on the 'shaving' forum as the basis for discussion is a combination of honing, stropping and shaving.


Anyway, my question is this..


When do you guys find your razor hits it's 'peak' after a fresh honing.... ?
(By peaking I mean, giving the best and ultimate shaves)


For me, it is around the 3rd of 4th shave when my razors hit their peak and not straight after honing when you would most likely imagine they would be at their sharpest.

I think this is a result of the razor slightly dulling from useage during shaving and further smoothing out the edge over this time. Then it's a process of a negative performance curve which we aim to slow down and delay using our strops.

Of course YMMV.