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I am a little surprised that your newly honed edge on the Ralf Aust "didn't last long". That could indicate that your stropping technique is wrong and/or that you are shaving at a too higher angle. Anyway, the damage has been done now.
What I would now do with your RA is go back to say 5μm film with 20 laps, followed by the same on 3μm and 1μm. Then put it through a full pasted balsa strop progression before shaving. This first shave should be done without stropping on leather.
Afe tr the first shave, maintain the edge on 0.1μm hanging balsa. Next shave strop on clean leather beforehand and see what the difference is. If the edge is not the same or better, it is your stropping. Work on improving your stropping.
As a relative n00bie, the strop should be help reasonably taut and strop with just the weight of the razor as pressure. There should be little noticeable deflection in the strop while stropping.
From then on, put the edge through a full pasted balsa strop progression after each shave until you notice no further improvement in the shave quality. Then all you need do is maintain the edge on 0.1μm hanging after each shave and strop on clean leather before each shave.
What I would now do with your RA is go back to say 5μm film with 20 laps, followed by the same on 3μm and 1μm. Then put it through a full pasted balsa strop progression before shaving. This first shave should be done without stropping on leather.
Afe tr the first shave, maintain the edge on 0.1μm hanging balsa. Next shave strop on clean leather beforehand and see what the difference is. If the edge is not the same or better, it is your stropping. Work on improving your stropping.
As a relative n00bie, the strop should be help reasonably taut and strop with just the weight of the razor as pressure. There should be little noticeable deflection in the strop while stropping.
From then on, put the edge through a full pasted balsa strop progression after each shave until you notice no further improvement in the shave quality. Then all you need do is maintain the edge on 0.1μm hanging after each shave and strop on clean leather before each shave.
