Hey,
I'm completely new to straight razor shaving and would appreciate your advice on 2 topics....one thing i do know is that i should strop before shaving....however i have a book that says you should strop after shaving to completely dry and realign the blade....then some websites say never under any circumstances strop after shaving...PLEASE HELP ?!? which is it? Ive stropped my dovo bismarck twice after shaving....based on this book!!!! I guess twice shouldnt have done any harm though??

Also, i find i give myself a really good SAFE shave if i leave the hair grow 2 days or so, so theres a bit of length in the hair...however, does anyone else find that if the hair is not long enough they get a bad BITING shave with a few nicks? I think maybe its because the skin at the hair folicles is still projecting outwards???

Any help would be great!!