Well,

I did it, had my first straight razor shave this morning; very exciting. My, wife asked, "what is that?" Received a nice 9/16 W&B from RGDominguez here on SRP, purchased two strops from TM (1 latigo hanging, 1 4 sided paddle with 3 pastes and 1 latigo side).

Stropped the razor last night, ever so gently, on both the latigo-side of the paddle - practicing my x-pattern, and also on my 3 inch hanging strop. Don't think I rolled the edge because the hairs on my arm popped when I tested the razor.

I've been DE shaving for a while now so my prep this morning was pretty good, however I don't think I hydrated my lather enough as it dried out on my face.

Only used the str8 for one pass WTG, and it worked fairly well, but dragged and skipped quite a bit. This due to the dry lather or could I have dulled it during stropping?

Anyway, I finished the WTG pass all though it just would not cut my chin whiskers very well, but that may be my technique.

Finished up with my DE. Can't wait to try again tomorrow! But should I take the blade to the .5 micron Chromium paste to touch it up or is it my lather?

- Jeff