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Today I laid my strop flat on my kitchen counter so I know there was no bend or twist in it and proceeded to strop my razor painfully slow. . . probably around 60 or 70 passes. I noticed that...

Thanks guys for all the input. . . and thank you Lynn for the kind offer! Let me adjust my stropping and shaving technique accordingly and see how that goes. Also, I'm going to get a 4 sided paddle...

The razor was honed by Lynn Abrams, I think, since it was purchased and had the razor sharpening service from classicshaving.com. . .

FWIW, my first shave straight out of the box I didn't strop...

I'm wondering if my razor isn't sharp enough. I'm definitely taking off some beard, but in three passes with my straight I take off as much as about one pass with my DE shaves. It was slightly...