after you get the edge back and I do agree with buca start from bevel set upwards. try keeping the spine on the strop and not lifting it from the strop.most likely what rolled the edge in the first place.slow down on the leather. speed comes with skill and skill comes from practice.
Hone it.
You 'may' be able to get somewhere with a pasted strop - Dovo's green/red pastes could do the trick. Then you'd need to follow with a finer paste or a finishing hone.
But - honing it out from the bevel onwards 'will' solve the issue for sure.
oh it needs a good honing, but with that particular razor a stone should not be used. That razor is made for lapping paper only, besides laping paper is better and gives the best edge anyways.
oh it needs a good honing, but with that particular razor a stone should not be used. That razor is made for lapping paper only, besides laping paper is better and gives the best edge anyways.
That is an actual strop. I've been rubbing it with my palm but I wonder it that is the reason for wear on the blade?
I purchased another razor and I am scared to strop it because I don't want to ruin the edge...
That is an actual strop. I've been rubbing it with my palm but I wonder it that is the reason for wear on the blade?
I purchased another razor and I am scared to strop it because I don't want to ruin the edge...
I doubt that the strop was the problem. I have a vintage strop that has a leather secondary marked "Sharpen" that has a very pronounced waffle pattern stamped in. It is very loud to strop on. I never use it, but the times I've tried it there was no damage caused by it. It's a couple orders of magnitude rougher than your picture.
Rubbing with your palm is good for the strop and really all you should do other than clean it with water and a rag maybe once a year. I agree that it's unlikely the strop. You should be using very light pressure and not rotating the razor with respect to the edge. Alfredo, Doc226, has a good stropping video.
So the lapping paper thing was a joke then?
Anyway, I was thinking of using a naniwa 5000, 8000 and 12000 to try and bring the razor back to shave ready. Can I shave right from the 12000 after stropping or do I need to go to a paste after that?
That will work, then shave with Arco and only Arco, because it's the best. And only use clubman after shave. And cold water shave is the only way to shave.....