My suggestion would be to send your razor out for honing by a honemeister. Until you try a truly shave ready straight you won't have a good baseline for your shaving. There are several possible reasons for your problem including sharpness, angle, stropping, prep etc. The only one you can buy a solution to is the sharpness of your razor. It's worth it, believe me. Later you can maintain your razor and you will have a frame of reference for how you are doing. If it were me, I would send it off to Lynn for honing.