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Dean, that was truly a great relpy, and you have my utmost thanks. My second (not shave ready) razor was my great grandfathers, the only person in my family I know for a fact was a straight razor...

I guess one approach would be to try the first shave (regardless of who honed it) and then apply a CAREFUL stropping for the second shave and compare the differences............ assumming you didn't...

Thanks Bigspendur for your thoughful reply. I may be fortunate because I have a family heirloom razor and old barbers strop that are not in servicable condition which I can practice stropping on. ...

I have a point to bring up that might help myself and other newbs diving into the world of staight razor shaving. I hope some senior members (and experienced newbs alike) will see this thread to...