First Partial Straight Razor Shave

[Justino14]

Just had my first "partial" straight razor shave, meaning I only shaved 1 cheek and did the rest with a DE (advice based on Lynn Abrams to start slow). The shave went fairly well, it wasn't super smooth, but I guess I'll chalk that up to inexperience. I was left with some irritation, I had 2 thickish red lines just above my jaw line, I'm not exactly sure what happened there, maybe too much pressure or wrong angle? Other than that I'd say it was a success, no blood . Quick question to you guys, the razor doesn't pass the "hanging hair test" really at all. I could only get it to work a few times but most of the time it didn't work, does that mean my blade isn't honed properly?

Another thing I did by accident is run the blade on the strop the wrong way, meaning I lead with the edge and not the spine. The second after I did that I was like O CRAP!!! Will 1 or 2 strokes like this completely mess up the edge? I think I was focusing too much on counting the number of laps and not paying enough attention to my technique. I purchased a 2 inch leather strop so I have to do an X pattern to strop it. It is hard enough learning how to strop without having to worry about the X pattern. I have a 3 inch board strop coming and I think that will make it easier.