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Ah. The skin is pretty taut on your head so I imagine it was the angle. It's nothing that a stropping won't fix right?

The Hess! What so you think?

Man, I finally had it! A freshly honed, nice straight. Completed 3/4 of my first pass on two days growth on my head and it became too dull to go any further. I thoroughly prepped and let lather sit...

I've been using a brush and quality soaps such as MWF, Mike's, Mystic Waters, Barrister and Mann and Tabac so I know I have the prep down pat. I have zero trouble with the DE's.

I really...

I am using a bench strop from Glen and I thought the same thing; that the blade wasn't in full contact with the strop because it is dead flat.

The problem is that I hear the razor and it sounds/feels just right as it's going over my head. It's not removing the hair though. I am watching my angle to the best of my ability and feel like it...

Thanks for the encouragement. I was definitely too rough with the stropping by applying too much pressure. Frustrating when you know it's your fault.

Is there anyway to salvage the edge on my own?...

Thanks a lot man. What's the cheapest way to ship?

Appreciate the classy gesture!

Yea I think I applied too much pressure.

I guess I'll stick with double edge for now even though I invested a lot of money to learn SR shaving :(.

I really can't afford anymore. Super bummer.

Haha.

I know this is extremely common, but I cannot perfume the shave ready test because I have a beard. I use my razors to shave my head daily.

Anyways, I picked up a straight razor from a...