So I'm starting to question the quality of my razor. Or there is something about my skin and/or products that is doing this.

So here was my process: showered, used conditioner on my beard, rinsed and toweled (my shaving stuff is in another bathroom, can't just step out and shave), hot towel for a minute or two (was pretty hot and wet so it stayed warm a while), blade passed HHT a few times in different spots, AoS preshave oil, VDH lather (warm n frothy).

I tried to keep the blade under 30 degrees and pulled my skin where I could. Haven't figured out how to stretch my cheek but sideburns and neck are easy.

by the time I got to my neck on the first side, the blade was starting to pull. I thought maybe it was me so I tried correcting my stretches and directions. Eventually I stopped and checked my blade. Before it would catch my finger print and threaten to cut it off, now i could easily run a wet thumb across the blade without catching. This is a dovo special blade and I live in south florida. Is my water so caustic down here it is corroding my blade edge in minutes? Or maybe one of my products is acidic? Any ideas? I deal with metals a lot so I have too much going through my head to sort out what may be happening. Is it possible that my blade is a clearance-reject-bin blade? Or am I just so bad of a newbie that I'm dulling my blade without knowing it?