Quote Originally Posted by matt View Post
There has been some improvement with the taylors. I have been using two passes with the trac II and have noticed my shave become a little nicer but not enough to be excited over. My neck area under my jaw and chin is usually very hard to shave. I am not sure if I am shaving the right directions for the way the beard grows. I just got my razor back from lynn today and I am going to try shaving with it without stropping just to see how sharp it is and to make sure my stropping technique is not to blame. Should I just rinse the oil off the blade with water or use soap?
I would not reccomnd a whole shave without stropping the blade. a swipe or two is ok but you really should strop it. As for removing the oil on the blade hot tap water has worked fine for me.