2025-12-11

• brush: Kruidvat brush
• razor: Merx & Co. Solingen-Wald Gamerx 5/8
• lather: De Vergulde Hand Origineel
• post shave: Kruidvat Aftershave Balm Sensitive

Pretty regular shave. Tried my left hand a bit more and it went quite decently. Not as good as my right hand yet of course.

My Koraat was getting dull and I honed it on my Shapton 0.85 micron stone and looked at it with magnifying glass. The whole edge looked shiny expect the very apex where it looked dark. I have seen this earlier. I thought I was not hitting the apex but now I thought maybe it’s a burr. So I stropped it on fine paste but with the spine a little bit up, very light pressure. The apex seems much shinier. I then stropped it normally on paste and on plain leather and now it does do the hanging hair test which it didn’t before. So I think I’m an idiot that has been shaving with a razor with a burr 😅. I’m not getting a burr on my other razor when I hone. I’ll see next shave how it the new edge feels. I also tightened the scales on the Koraat with a small hammer and anvil. It’s much easier to strop the thing when the handle doesn’t fly around every time you turn around on the strop. Also should have done that a bit earlier 😅.