Hi,

I'm fairly new at straight razor shaving and my experience is mixed at this time. I have a Dovo Soligen's best and a week ago I figured it must not be sharp enough since it pulled a whole lot. I didn't sharpen it out of the box. I bought some Diamond paste at .50 Microns and applyed it to a Thiers-Issard large paddle strop.

I then went on to gave the razor 10 passes (both sides) on the diamond followed by 20 on the strop...

Now I can't shave without cutting my face a lot. Can the razor be too sharp ? I have a strop paddle treated with 3 microns. How can I get out of this situation ?

Thanks for the help...

EDIT: I just completed shaving this morning and cut myself badly. The razor "pulls" and seem to not want to go ATG at all. I tighten my skin a lot. I don't know what to do...

Yves