Originally Posted by
gssixgun
I have brought this up in the far distant past, and the whole idea was shot full of holes...
So until today I have never brought it up again, I just continued to do it, and enjoy close smooth shaves..
I noticed long ago that I could get to a "Second" level of sharpness, by re-stropping after the first shave with a pasted strop, then just using linen and leather from then on... How long do the edges last, you may ask, I don't know I haven't had to re-hone one yet, in fact I haven't had to re-fresh one yet either, and some edges are over a year old.. ( I have a 14 razor rotation)
So in essence I totally believe that the best shave that I ever get is the second shave after I have honed, stropped, shaved, and re-stropped..... The 1st shave seems to "break in the edge " that's my story and I'm sticking to it .......