Thread: New razor's edge ruined on second shave.

After you get it back from Lynn forget the linen. I rarely used it on my first strop now my second strop doesn't even have it. No need for it IMHO.

Just for additional data: I use the linen side of Illinois' cheapest strop every day, on my DOVO "Best Quality" razor, and the linen has never done anything like that.

At a guess, I'd say that either a) something else besides the strop was the cause, or b) something has seriously gotten into the strop (see Tony's suggestions for cleaning it, above).

Don't write off the linen side. While some users don't use it at all and are happy, others opine that it helps the blade last longer between hones.

And, obviously take up Lynn on his kind offer!
Deepweeds

I noticed on the second photo (the close up) that you can see notches in the edge near the front of the razor. There either has to be something wrong with the linen or you might be putting pressure on the edge somehow or something else is going on. I'd avoid the linen for the forseeable future and see how that goes. Before you send it back to Lynn, you could try stropping it on the leather for about 80 laps or so, shave with it again, and see if that brought the edge back.

I use linen with no problems, but no pressure either. Never seen anything like that happen. I think you beed to check for any catches or bulges of any kind along the face and edges of the linen and leather.

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I cant imagine anything other than metal doing that to the blade, especially if little pressure is used. I could not imagine linen could do that!??

I use both Linen and Leather daily. Never happened to me I can tell you. They stay quite sharp though.

was there any kind of thermal event that coud have altered the steel properties? just a thought.

When I got home last Sunday, I tried an old razor I had on the strop to see what I did wrong. This was an old Wade and Butcher that was sharp, but did not shave at all. After stropping it on the linen, rather than meeting the fate of the dovo razor, it now shaves OK (not as good as the razor that Lynn sharpened, but does cut the hair without too much pulling).

I would spend a few bucks and buy a 3 in strop from tony...after using his strops, there is no equal...

You can not beat a 3" strop. It is so much easier to use.