So when I bought my razor new (5/8 Dovo Inox, with the plain white scales, number 42 I believe) I had to hone it from scratch, it came with only the factory edge.
So honed with a pretty standard 8000 grit, then a few hundred strops, followed by a few hundred more and it was starting to shave like I guess it should.
Trouble is, when I apply the old hair-test, it'll slice clean through a hair laid across the blade, very easily at the tip, the centre seems to be sharper still, but by the time I get to the tail end, it kind of half cuts the hair then does that funny curling thing it does (I'm sure you all know what I mean).
What I'm wondering, is this a common problem other people face? or is it just me?
It's not really a problem for the functionality of the razor, I tend to use the tip and middle a lot more anyway, I don't believe it's a problem with the honing or the stropping, I just wonder have other gents encountered this problem, is it fixable, and what might be causing it?