I received my TM Strop in the mail today; absolutely gorgeous. I stropped the razor about 30 times on the cloth and 75 times on the leather. The stropping combined with lowering the angle helped with the pulling quite a bit.

The shave today wasn't quite as good as yesterday but I kept all of my blood on the inside which is my primary goal for the first few weeks. I should have probably waited until morning to let my face recover a bit more but it needs to learn sooner or later. The neck has a nice red hue to it about on par with a bad cartridge day.

LordKappa, should I keep the razor in the freezer so it feels more like home? I fear the 60 deg F (15.5 C) weather today may make the razor homesick . No one should ever have to shave with a homesick razor.