I found that my razor was getting dull so got a 4 sided paddle strop from Tony Miller with .5 diamond paste on one side. After stropping the pasted side then the leather side the difference was quite dramatic. The whiskers on my cheeks and sideburn area fall right off and I get a bbs shave every time. The problem is my chin, just below both ends of my mustache area. I can’t get a smooth shave without finishing with a disposable as too much pressure with the str8 leaves little blood spots. I am trying to cover all directions with the str8 and am wondering if I need to go back to the paddle strop. As soon as I received it I did 30 passes on the pasted side followed by 30 on the leather. Since then I have hit it 10-15 licks on 3-4 occasions before shaving. I don’t want to over hone. Anybody got any ideas?
Rich
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