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

The pic is crappy, but it looks loke you've been stroping on sandpaper?! Unless you have something like dirt or tiny hard particles embeded in the linnen, it should not and must not look like this. Lynn, you better hurry with the instructional videos...

Nenad

You can't really see it very well in the picture, but there are some cerations in the razor that the leather won't be able to fix. As for the sandpaper, I had a similiar thought after seeing it, the linen is very hard and quite coarse, I've got some old razors and I can try on it when I get home and try to see what's wrong with my technique on it.

-Evan

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.