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when I bought my two razors the guy also threw a practice razor in with the deal as well to try honing. I have some Nortons from my wood working and honed and stropped that razor. ...

Oddly enough it felt pretty natural to go with the non-dominant hand. I think it's because I can see better then trying to cross over...one thing I have noticed is that I need to be very careful...

Hey there Frankenstein...yes it is with the 4/8...the reason it's taken so long is that I ordered that Philly strop from RupRazor and somehow he forgot to ship it so it's taken like 4 weeks to get.
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Well, as an update I've started using both and my off hand is not too big of an issue.

I did 3 passes this morning WTG/WTG/SOXG (that is sort of across the grain). No nicks or burn but horribly...

Wow you got a scar...that's....ummm.....keeeewl! You tell your friends its from fighting ninjas?:medvl:

Success! Just did my cheek areas WTG twice and no nicks...it was kind of surprising how easy it was. One of the posts on this thread that helped me tremendously was when someone said that ideal is...

Ok go slow and I think i read you go back and forth horizontally in a sawing motion to mimick those latest battery operated cartridge types is that right?

My razors are here so I'm planning my first straight shave tomorrow (and yes they came in shave ready off of the classifieds here).

So I held one in my hand just to get the feel for it and for...