Quote Originally Posted by theworldover View Post
First, welcome to SRP!

Second, some clarification questions: what kind of razor did you get? Some are great, and others are worthless. Where did you get it? Did you get it professionally honed?

It could have been a wire edge, or over honed razor. Also, and this is not meant to sound confrontational in any way, but how is your honing technique? It is possible that you may have done more harm than good if you're like me, and don't have that much experience honing.

A few other questions: have you shaved with a straight before? how's your technique? do you remember to stretch your skin? I had a similar experience when I started shaving with a straight: tugging, pulling, razor burn, little effectiveness. But as my technique has improved, so have my shaves; especially since i've started remembering to stretch the skin. Stretching can make or break a shave!

Lastly, it will take your skin a little while to adjust to a new way of doing things, i.e. shaving with a straight, but once it does, it will be a more comfortable shave.
hey i wanna say thanx to everyone who gave input any info is appreciated...................

it is a dovo 5/8 straight hollow ground. no i did not have it professionally honed. i honed it in a X pattern with the spine trailing, make one cross then flip it over on the spine and go at another lap.

yeah i did stretch my skin. and on previous shaves it was pulling and would be skipping sometimes but there was no irritation so i figured it needed some honing.