Well, I began shaving with my razor tonight, but it was not as smooth of a shave as I remember. My neck was beginning to show razor burn and I was cutting myself.

It has been about a couple of weeks since I got the new DOVO, but I decided to take the Tony Miller 4-sided paddle strop from its vinyl bag and use it for the first time.

I have often heard that the razor does not need to be sharpened very frequently, but I think that it needs to be sharpened more frequently with a novice shaver ... especially if not starting out with the best stropping and shaving technique. This seems to be the case with me.

I started with 20 or so passes on 1, then 20+ on 0.5, and ending with 20+ on 0.25. I rinsed and toweled off the blade before stropping the blade again on the starter strop.

I shaved the other half of my face ... it was like new. That paddle is awesome!

Thought I would share