How to purposely dull a sharp/unforgiving blade to say it's 2nd or 3rd number of use stage?
I have done a good amount of DE shaving and am now practicing (and enjoying it) single edge blade straight razor shaving. Yesterday I used a half blade (dorco) which had been used once or twice in my DE razor prior to that and it was a blast with my slowly advancing skill level. Did a full shave neck including with zero cuts. Was very happy and thought of going single edge blade straight razor for a while. Today with a new Derby premium (the other diff being no pre shower), it was treading on quite dangerous territory and made a couple of nicks even though I was very careful and slow. The blades' sharpness/'newness' definitely seem to matter a lot.
So my question is how can I bring a new half blade to a slightly used condition without actually shaving with it?
Thanks
I have done a good amount of DE shaving and am now practicing (and enjoying it) single edge blade straight razor shaving. Yesterday I used a half blade (dorco) which had been used once or twice in my DE razor prior to that and it was a blast with my slowly advancing skill level. Did a full shave neck including with zero cuts. Was very happy and thought of going single edge blade straight razor for a while. Today with a new Derby premium (the other diff being no pre shower), it was treading on quite dangerous territory and made a couple of nicks even though I was very careful and slow. The blades' sharpness/'newness' definitely seem to matter a lot.
So my question is how can I bring a new half blade to a slightly used condition without actually shaving with it?
Thanks