3rd shave:

I stropped very little before this one - just 12 light strokes to drag off any microscopic oxidation. After that, I lathered up and had one of the best shaves I've gotten in months. 10 out of 10 on sharpness, comfort, results, and fun. I've always felt my heavier Sheffield near-wedge was my smoothest blade, but today it was like the full hollow Imperial I've been using for this experiment wasn't even touching my skin. I went with an extremely shallow angle and held the razor ever so lightly, and the darned thing cut so well that I skipped the XTG pass entirely, getting a near-perfect shave in record time. Had an extra pass's worth of lather just sitting there in the bowl at the end.

Now I'm thinking that I hadn't really taken advantage of the 30k's potential before during the short time I've had it, because this was a whole different ballgame. Neat!