Quote Originally Posted by jbcohen View Post
I have a carbon steel straight that have been giving me so so shaves for approximatly a month now. I strop before each shave, however I have put off the hone for a while until I learn to get more proficient at the shave, I don't own one yet. Perhaps I never managed to get the blade shave ready?

I am a little confused here ???? How was the blade sharpened in the begining...
You said that you don't own a hone, and that maybe you didn't get the edge shave ready????

Is this an out of the box factory edge that you stropped up and you have been shaving with for one month????