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Before Brian chimes in, he mentioned that he thought he could "fix" this issue with a good stropping on his end. I believe he did a very light honing, then re stropped it. I"ll let him chime in...

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I got it back from Brian today. Shaved like a million bucks, with HARD, thick 4 day growth. I stropped it in the middle of shaving, just after my first pass just to get an idea if I'm...

I mentioned that to Brian. He was 100% confident that it didn't matter if it was one day, 2 days, 3 days, a week, or 6 hours growth. It should have shaved the same high quality as it did the first...

That's a good point. I re-stropped it as directed by Brian. I did about 20 laps on linen, and 40-50 on leather, with the pressure on the spine of the blade. I DID make it sharper, and it DID make...

I don't know if this matters, but... I did have significantly more hair on my first shave, and only one day growth this morning on my second shave. Could that have anything to do with it, like when...

Thank you, I've learned a LOT from here. Like how to buy 20 razors in a month!!! Geese, thanks..... Now, that I've realized what a "real" brush does with "real" shave cream, I have a "collection" of...

I did 60 light laps on my Bison Horse Head from Shavenation. I am pretty confident I did a decent job stropping. Very light strokes, with decent pressure, tightening the strop. I've practiced on my...

Okay, so I've been at this about 6 weeks or so. I have a few "shave ready" razors that I've been using since the beginning, and they do pretty well. They were advertised as shave ready from the...