Living up to my screen name
Well I've finished my rotation tests and it turns out that my straight razors need to be touched up after exactly three shaves. I get amazing results on the first two shaves only really needing one pass WTG to get the job done, but on the third things start to get uncomfortable.
I'm curious though how many shaves on a razor it takes for you all before it needs touching up on a stone. This three shave limit was with me when I used to use cartridge razors as well being able to almost fully blunt a mach3 in three shaves. At least with my straight razor I can just take it to a stone instead of losing a ton of money.
If there's anything that could help me get more shaves out of each razor I would like to know. I currently only go up to 8000 grit on my honing but I'm thinking about going even higher. Also since I dull them so quickly seven day sets are starting to look very tempting. I'm also thinking that it might be time to get a second strop for micron paste work to keep the edge alive longer before using a stone.
Re: Living up to my screen name
I have three straights that I shave with. With good stropping on linen and leather before and after every shave and rotating through them as well as my safety razor it has been almost a year since I have broken out a stone. I probably should have last month or so on one of them but I'm stubborn and just used CrOx.