Going back and forth between razors this VALET steadily became my favorite except for the nearly $1.00 blades that I get 5 shaves out of then it just suddenly pull the hairs.
So I found a couple old strops but I am making the blades much duller. I did find an old copy of the instructions but that does not seem to help. It says 10 times (each way?) and not to use any rouge or grit. I found a couple YouTube videos but no improvement. The strops seem to be in excellent shape for their age. I tried making my own strop. I tried a high end white polishing rouge; no luck.
Has someone discovered the secret trick to getting the claimed 4 months per blade from stropping a VALET?
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