Thread: Razor sticking/tugging and neck burn

If this was the first time you honed a razor that could be your problem right there, a poor edge that is dull and rough. The only way I have had a razor feel like it was sticking to my face was by having the blade flat on my face. As Butzy mentioned, a spine width or two gap between face and the spine is the way to go. As far as stropping goes, if you have not stropped a razor before how do you know you did a proper job of it. It could be one of those or a combination of all three.

If you have not honed before get the razor honed by a person respected for their honing skills and when you get it back do not strop it. That would give you a know shave ready edge to start with and by not stropping would eliminate any question of your stropping buggering up the edge. As a bonus you would know what a shave ready edge feels like.

Strop it before the second shave and if the razor feels worse than the first time you have a good indication your stropping needs worked on.

Bob