Quote Originally Posted by GangZda View Post
Hello,

I'm 20y old and from Germany (about 60 km near Solingen).

My SR which I ordered at ebay from "manyware" came today. Together with a Leather/Cotton(?)-Strop.
I did some stropping as dicribed in some youtube-videos and shaved.
Well...
1. my shave isnt that good... some little hairs left
2. I have skin-irritation

Whis will probably be my technique, but what do I do wrong?
Manfred (manyware) said they come sharp from the manufactury and do not require honing for about 1 year.
It was packed as if it was new and never used.
I used palmolive classic cream and a badger-thing (sorry for my bad english)

Please help me

thanks in advance

Alex

If you think your shaving problems are bad check out this thread http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=11434

I can tell you that it gets easier. I have been shaving with a straight for 6 weeks and I am still not getting great shaves. I am now getting shaves that I can live with though and have been improving with time. today I did quite well and although it took me quite a long time It is the best I have done with a str8 Just keep at it