First of all I would like to say hi :-) since this is my first post although I have been visiting the forum and reading the posts for some time.
Recently I accuired my straight shaving set consisting of:

  1. Dovo ebony silver steel 5/8" round point
  2. Dovo prima rindleader strop
  3. Belgian yellow coticule hone.

The razor was not shave ready when it arrived but I managed to get it to pass the hanging hair test (read all about honing and stroping here :-) ). The problem is when I tried to shave with it it felt like it was pulling and tugging a lot although I tried changing the angle while shaving :-(.
So my question is wheather this is because of the poor technique or am I doing somethig wrong?
I have been shaving with a DE (with proper prep) for a long time so I know how a quality shave should look and feel like and the straight was nowhere near that even on the cheek areas.

Thanks for your patience and happy holidays :-D.