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Have fun and enjoy it!

thanks. I just got my first Dovo from your site and its awesome. It shaves really nice. Its time to start stropping, but I'm so worried about damaging the blade. I have seen all the videos, but i just wanna keep it in perfect condition.

Typically the grits are a lot higher unless repairing with a 220 grit. Sandpaper really scratches them up. 4K, 8K, 12K and the pastes or sprays, really do not effect the blade finish, only the edge. Have fun.

Hi Lynn, got a question. The razors on SRD.com are beautiful. I'm wondering how honing/stropping affects the finish on the blade. I have stone sharpened my share of knives but never a razor, but i can tell that my steel gets scratched up dispite the blade being super sharp. Dose the honing process polish the steel so it doesn't look scratched up, or will all stra8 blades look scratched after being honed?