James,

Thanks for the encouragement. Yes, I too believe that I am making some progress each day. My DE experience has really helped me out on the prep front and understanding blade angles. But, as you know, str8s are their own beast. So, your recommendation is not to go to he 1 micron and just shave again to check? I figured the razor burn was from me pushing too hard on my face.

The blade does pop the hairs on my arm.

So far, I've only done a total of 20 laps on the .5. If it is indeed overhoned I assume then I would need to run a match stick over the edge, go to the 3 micron and work my way down; or is that over doing it?

Jeff