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...surprised me a little. She's been a bit skeptical of the whole straight-razor thing. But the other night, we were both in the bathroom and I was stropping my "test the strop lots and light" razor...

This is what I've started doing as well. I had a bunch of well-honed razors that didn't seem to be shaving me right. Then I realized my stropping was out of whack. Too much pressure, too loose etc....