Filli's are so fine blades they will get sharper and sharper as much as you push it will go.
if you can shave only half of your face and to shave rest of your face you have to strop?
then your blade overhoned.
if you have course facial hair it may last less then half of your face.
there is no special ways as far as i know to hone ,strop etc.
Just when i hone them i don't go very high grit stones.
After coticule your edge should be fine.
try go back coticule again and make 20-30 passes strop and shave test. see what happens.
( i am afraid you don't have enough sharpness on that blade yet.)


Quote Originally Posted by Hammett View Post
Hi there!

I finally managed to get my hands on a vintage Filarmonica Doble Temple #14. I had to do some little restoration on the blade due to its state, but I finally managed to get it nice and shiny.

I reset the bevel with a Naniwa 2K, then BBW with slurry and finally Coticule with water. After that, few passes on a strop and the blade was passing the HHT quite good.

Time to shave with it. Shaves OK I get some nickels on the mustache zone, and after that I get a high irritation sensation on my face. This is the first time I get this feeling when I hone my razors. I have a W&B that I honed with the exact same progression and it's amazing how it shaves and give no irritation at all.

I am starting to worry about it. Filarmonicas are supposed to be the very best of straight razors and nonetheless I get a bad sensation when I use it.

Could it be that I overhoned it? If so, how can I tell? Do Fillis have a special way to be honed/stropped?

Thanks for your advices!