First straight shave today!
My much anticipated kit arrived from Excaliber cutlery & gifts. The razor is a Solingen, made in Germany is stamped into the blade.Also there was a strop,brush,soap,stand and strop conditioner. Anyway after watching every video I could find I went at it and I barely drew any blood, just 1 nick under my nose. However I do have a question, they said it was shave ready and it shaved pretty good but it felt like it had alot of drag and I had to make 2 passes to get it really smooth. Is that just because Im using something wider than the mach 3 I usually use to or could it use some sharpening?Should I make a few passes on the strop to fine tune it?And if so should I use the canvas like side first or the leather side? This is only my second post here but ive been reading as much as possible but I cant read everything and any info. would be appreciated.Thanks and take care, Eichh