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A few careful laps on chromium oxide pasted balsa and I think it worked like a charm for now. Thanks.

I really appreciate the recent advice guys, especially the words of wisdom and/or encouragement from jeffegg2, thebigspendur, red96ta, ShoreBird, vikingfan, Ryan82 and BladeRunner001.

I intend to...

Funny, I was strongly considering the SRP modular strop. I have read good things about it. I will probably end up buying it soon. For my initial foray into refreshing the edge. I wanted to stay on...

I get it. Thanks. :)

I know that the pulling I experienced yesterday is a function of poor technique or less than optimal blade sharpness or a combination of both. Regardless, I will have to...

I have been diligent about stropping but yesterday morning I felt a little pulling which indicates it is time for me to take a further step to maintain and freshen up the edge on my razor. The...

I'm getting the hint that "less more often is better than a lot too late" when it comes to maintaining the edge. I'll reach out for more advice when the time comes. Thanks.

Great idea to practice on beat up razors when the time comes prior to attempting work on my more expensive razor. That should remove anxiety and help to build some confidence. Thanks for your reply.

I can see my interests progressing rapidly towards becoming self-sufficient in razor maintenance but for now I'm more concerned with trying to make sure I'm shaving with a good edge so that I can...

How long should a quality pro-honed razor's (Thiers-Issard "Le Grelot") edge last with only stropping before more measures (i.e. pasted strop/high grit stone) are usually necessary? Consider novice...