Good evening gents,

I just purchased a pre honed Dovo and I am having some problems. I took it for the maiden voyage tonight and it felt like it was doing more scraping then it was cutting. I stropped it like I learned in both Lynn's video, and from other sources on line but I am at a loss.

I have been using a Feather DX non folding for the past 2 months and that thing cuts like butter for a good 7 shaves on my beard. Prior to the Feather I used a DE loaded with a Feather for over a year. Suffice to say, I believe by now that my prep is good as I long gotten over the learning curve of bad prep and irritated skin. Also being that I have extremely sensitive skin, and I get BBS with no irritation from the Feather I would think that I have the correct blade angle down.

I have read that a real straight usually isn't as sharp as a Feather straight, but it cant be that far off can it?

Does any body think I could have worn the edge by improper stropping? (15 on canvas, 20 on leather on a brand new TM no pressure except the weight of the blade)

I am thoroughly confused and my face is on fire not to mention that I am bummed because this was my birthday present from the wife. Unfortunately, the Norton, DMT, and Shapton 16k are still on their way in the mail. Cheers