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Sharp edges will get you most of the way there, but no matter how sharp I get the blade (I've put blades well into the "too sharp" range) it still comes back to the way I move my arm, wrist and...

I used to have similar problems with the razor skipping, stopping etc. because of hair thickness/density and I found the solution is...

...experience. Plain and simple, for those of us with this...

There was a stropping experiment at one time (may have gotten lost in "The Crash") that proved stropping slowly does almost nothing to improve your edge.

It also makes sense intuitively. Ever get...

Ditto for what Bill said.

I used to have this problem when I finished my razors on diamond or CrO pastes. Since I've started using natural finishing hones, the problem is gone. It is somewhat...