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Since I am new to straight shaving , stropping and everything else that goes with it, my shaves are getting harder instead of easier. I blame it on my stroping. I did send my razors out to get honed...

When diong the hair test to check the sharpness of a blade does the hair need to be longer than 1 inch and is grey hair harder to do the test with?
It is probably more that my blades are not sharp...