Quote Originally Posted by dave5225 View Post
I have 2 questions :
#1) Was your razor honed by someone experienced at honing razors , before you started using it or have you tried to sharpen it using only the strop ?
#2) What angle have you been using when you strop ?
The razors I purchased were not previously "shave ready" however the one was close ( I could shave with it with difficulty). I stropped them as reccomended in this forum up to 200 laps on the linen and 200+ on the leather and still they won't pass the standing hair test. The next step is either send them out for sharpening or invest in a waterstone. As I'm pretty stubborn it will likely be the waterstone. With all the info available on this forum and utube I think I should be able to get thru this.