Hi all,

I see some great info here so far and am hoping you can help me out too. I Bought a Dovo "shave ready" razor - not so much shave ready.....sent it to a sharpening place that claimed they could do straight razors....same deal....sent to SRD and they sent it back to me pretty close but it still catches on hairs, stings a bit when I shave and isn't quite right yet. I have a strop with both leather and canvas, which I've used to try and finish it off by giving 50 strokes on the canvas then 30 or so on the leather, but it still isn't there yet after doing this process twice. I want to get a strop to add paste to so that I can get it truly shave ready. What would be recommended as a type of strop that I can add paste to? I'm picturing getting just a single leather strop and then adding two different grits on to each side. I thought about getting a paddle strop for this too. What would you recommend for the grit? Also, should I go with the diamond or the chromium oxide? not sure about the difference there. Please forgive my ignorance and any and all advise is much appreciated.

Thanks,

J Bain