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AH HA! Good call, sir!

Yeah, I'm going to send mine back to SRD for a re-hone. I'm going to go with the fact of my stropping must've dulled the life out of the blade. It's a little disappointing to accept, but that's what...

That's interesting that you mention that. With my skill set so far I don't want to start putting any blame on my equipment, but I am interested to eventually find out if the different brands shave...

Thank you everyone for the advice! Looks like I'll be getting it honed again and just keep on stroppin'. I've considered purchasing a set of hones, but seeing as how my stropping has a ways to go I'd...

The reputation of Lynn and SRD is why I bought from them- I knew it'd be done right. Trust me- I know it has to be something I'm doing.

A previous poster stet had asked if I had more than one SR....

Yeah, I know! The thing is I'm hardly getting any irritation, but that's the angle that actual seems to cut hair with stretching ATG and typical skin prep. Probably not a true 45, but it seems closer...

Looking back, I wish I had started with a DE instead of a shavette. I think it has given me a false impression of how efficiently a SR should cut. I have tried to adjust my stropping yesterday and...

Thank you Pat for the feedback! I really am trying to let patience be a virtue.

I'm glad I ran into this post. I'm running into the same problem under almost the same scenario (successful shavette use, not much luck with my SR). I have a Dovo 5/8 that I got shave ready from SRD....