Thread: Question about CrOx and touch ups.

Gentlemen,

I have encountered something that I have not encountered before, and I hope that some of the more senior shavers will be able to shed some light on this.

I own two SRD's a PI with hard felt, and a PIV with webbing. I also own a filly covered in CrOx. After reading that the hard felt works very well with Crox, I sprayed some of the SRD bottle on it, let it dry, etc. The reason I've done this is that the "touchups" on the filly didn't seem to be "touchups" at all. There was no difference in the razor.

So, a couple days a go I took two razors to the felt on the PI. Did 8 laps on the Crox, and then stropped normally (35 web, 35 PIV, 35 PI).

I opened one of the razors this morning and shaved with it, and it felt much more dull than it did before. I pulled out the loupe to look for a jagged edge or a rolled one. No such thing.

Nothing changed in the stropping, except for the CrOx. Beard prep and lather were consistent too.

Is it possible (??) that 8 laps is too much, and that my razors need one or two shaves to get back to normal? The same way that the first shave with a DE blade is sometimes the worst?

Thanks for the help, and happy Monday. Only four more days until the weekend!

Maxi

If you applied too much paste its quite easy to overcook the edge, or if the razor was basically shave ready and you uised a paste that could have a detrimental effect on the edge as well. Its also possible that you dulled the edge with poor stropping, either on the pasted strop or your daily one. Its easy to do..!

When you say the razor was dull do you mean it wasnt removing hair? Or did the edge feel harsh on your skin?

Try doing lots of stropping strokes on your daily strop (like 100 or something) and see if that brings the edge back. Its possible to sometimes strop an edge back to life.

Chro2 will not dull the edge. doesn't matter 8 laps or 50. it is very fine and takes more time to sharpen(kind a ) edge.
if you are saying razor edge dulled Stuart is right about the reasons and how to fix.
(i hope you made back strokes )
gl

Stubear,

It felt harsh on the skin. Similar to the way a razor feels when you're honing it and it needs one or two more conservative pyramids.

I've not had an issue stropping before, which is why I posted the question to begin with. I've been able to keep all my blades completely sharp and comfortable.

Thanks,
Maxi

Harsh on the skin can mean a few things. Either the blade isnt honed enough and feels rough as a result, its been honed with too much pressure which has left a rough edge or it has been overhoned and the edge has failed slightly.

All of these things will lead to a rough feeling edge and a poor shave.

From what you say about it feeling similar to needing more honing, I would start out doing 10 light X strokes on the 8k and go from there. Be sure to give it a good stropping as well!

From the sound of it, my comment might not be relevant, but I'll share it.

When I started honing, and actually got a razor right, I was amazed that it did not "feel sharp" on my face. I swiped it down my cheek and thought, "Was that the spine or the edge?" But the clean swipe, the whiskers in the lather on the blade, all meant the razor was shaving. It was my first experience of a truly "smooth" razor that I'd honed myself. What I had previously thought "felt sharp" was actually an edge that was not ready to shave with.

From what you say, this likely is not your issue, but for me, it felt wrong when I actually had finally got it right!