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True dat.

As an update (still no photos) I shaved today and the first pass was below acceptable. No cuts, no irritation but a lot of tug. I had to use the TurtleWax polishing compound (20 laps on...

Usually I do around 100 laps. I bought the stone from ebay, the vendor said it was 12K and meant to be used with straight razors.

Thursday I played with the stones and the razor a bit more.
I...

Ooooh, thanx for the feedback! Will keep that in mind :)

1K scratches? Hmmm that's interesting and quite logical.
I will follow your advice and see if I can burnish the cnat with the slurry stone.
I will also go back to the 6K and see the effect on the...

Actually, yes.
The photos are not that good but you can see the phenomenon. It's interesting because depending on how the light hits the edge, it looks smooth or scratched.
That being said, today...

So, I have 2 straight razors which give quite comfortable shaves. I dared to say they gave me shaves as comfortable as the ones I get with a Derby blade. Last Saturday I shaved with my DE because it...