Presumably it was shave ready, but I have to go back and look at the invoice and make sure. The description says it is shave ready. \

In my own mind, it was probably about as bad as the worst cartridge I've ever used on the Mach, or like on a well-used disposable. So I'm thinking I messed up the strop somehow, although when I took it out of the package, I put a little shaving creme on my arm and tried to shave with it, and it seemed OK, but of course, the hari-type is completely different.

I'll monkey with it a bit more. I suspect as mentioned earlier, I maybe wasn't holding the strop taut enough, or pushed it down too hard.

I am confident it will get worked out eventually...