i ordered a dovo "Bergischer Lowe" 5/8 carbon steel blade from vintage blades and had it honed by lynn abrams. i also bought lynn abrams video, a silvertip badger brush, some d.r. harris & co soap, a dovo 2" leather/linen strop, and red,white,black and yellow strop paste. i just shaved today after a hot towel and soaped my face up good.i didn`t strop it but i probably should have because it felt like it was dragging on the hairs even though it was cutting them,just not well( i had the back of the blade slightly raised off my face so i had about a 30 degree angle).it took me awhile to get my whole face. i had to go over it a couple of times and i had some stubble left and some red marks and some burning. overall i did an o.k. job without cutting myself at all. can some1 tell me what i did wrong or does it take some getting used too. i don`t know what color strop paste to put where or should i use the .50 diamod paste? i ordered a 3" strop for daily use so i will use the 2" for the paste and do i put it on the leather or linen side? i`m also ordering the norton 4000/8000 wet stone and the belgium coticle stone so i can hone my own razor. sorry for all the ?? just wanna learn the right way to shave and take care of my razor. thanks