Thanks everyone. JB, I will definitely do that once I step up my game a little bit. Right now I just have the bare essentials.

Day 2

Lather: B -- The lather definitely improved today. I think, if anything, I had it a little too watered down. It tried to run off my face initially, so I added more soap. That helped some. It seemed that all of my soap had disappeared by the time I got to the left side of my face. That might be because I'm going slow. The lather has room for improvement, but it was a definite step up from yesterday. I still don't think it is how it is supposed to feel when done correctly. I'll keep practicing tonight, even though I won't shave.

Shave: C+ -- I still think something is wrong. Crouton, it's funny that you said that. I've been trying to figure out why it doesn't seem to be cutting well, and the only thing I can come up with is my angle. During this shave, I tried to be very aware of my angle of attack. I don't think I've found the sweet spot yet. The majority of the shave, it wasn't cutting much, so I relathered and tried again. On the right side, it was choppy and almost skipping, so I stopped and tried my left hand. I think I started to get it a little bit, but it's still not great. I assume it's bad if I have to go over a spot 3 or 4 times in the same pass to actually cut some hair. I will keep playing with the angle and try to get the 2 spine width or 30 degree thing down.

Areas Shaved: Right and Left Sideburn to jawline. I tried some of the neck, but i didn't get much hair. My neck hair runs up toward my face for the most part, so I shaved upwards (WTG), being very careful.

Stropping: B+ -- I think I'm getting the hang of stropping. It isn't too bad, and I can keep up a relatively average speed. I watched some videos last night, and I don't think I was doing anything wrong. I practiced turning the blade in my hand upwards and it feels natural now. I had a nearly invisible nick on my strop yesterday, but today was perfect. I have a natural leather SRD strop and I think it still needs some time to break in. I've been rubbing it down with the oil from my hands and that has helped. It should get better. I stropped 30 times before and 50 times after I shaved. Should I be using the linen side before the leather or is the leather sufficient?

Overall: I'm definitely not afraid of the blade. I know not to get too comfortable though. I'm nowhere near that. I had a small weeper near my chin line on the right side, but I barely felt it. I can't even find it now. My face was a little irritated after today, but it subsided after a few hours. I think I can give it another go tomorrow. Especially considering the face that I barely got any hair today haha. It's obvious where I used the old Mach 3. It is much closer. But I'll get there. Thanks for all of the advice and support.

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