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Try shaving hair (touching the skin) on your forearm or calf. If the razor won't do that it needs to be honed IMO. You might improve it stropping as well. Give that a try and see what happens.

Well once you did that thumb nail thing it may have dulled it some. Probably did IMO. So if I was the seller I wouldn't feel obligated. to hone it again at no charge but you could ask him or send it...

By hair popping I mean that with the razor's edge brushing against the hair on the forearm or leg, but not touching the skin, it cuts the hair. I used to do this a lot to test razors but got tired of...

Dragging the edge across the thumbnail, the TNT, is recommended only when setting the bevel. It is not used again after bevel setting or in the rest of the honing and finishing process once the edge...

Jeff, Lynn recommends finishing with a DE or whatever your preference is for awhile in the first shaves. I have frequently pointed out that I did that for the first two or three weeks and that there...

To start read my sig to avoid nicks. Following that advice has worked for me and some others I know of.

I'm wondering if your razor is truly shaving sharp ? Did you have it honed professionally ?...