I definitely do otherwise I would not have purchased the straight or the TM 3" artisan strop. But I recently found out there is a quality issue with razors. One guy on here even mentioned out of 100 razors he's tried, only a handful actually worked for him. thats a bit too much money for me to experiment with. basically my question is, how much better is the quality of the higher end razors than the lower end like the one i bought?

Quote Originally Posted by riooso View Post
I would think you are having trouble with technique. I do not know how long you have been using straights but ATG is the very last thing most of us do in the shaving process. There are XTG passes before the ATG. If you are fairly new at this you should not do any ATG passes till you have the technique to support it. With some razors ATG is just not necessary. I have a Genco that I do not do the ATG pass because it is not needed. Straight have a pretty steep learning curve, so it is up to you to decide if you want to take the time and effort.


Just a though
Richard