Well I guess my stropping is improving, because I had my first shave today with some cuts! so my razor must be getting sharper!

{ I thought I'd give an update on my progress. I shaved once more without stropping, it went okay, I managed to go XTG on the the cheeks.
Then my strop arrived, I was due for a shave, so I didn't spend a lot of time working on my stropping technique. I had another whack at my face with the Lockwood and it wen't pretty good, I could notice a difference in the sharpness of the blade, got no razor burn or nicks.. so I started thinking I would pick up on straight shaving fairly quick, as I was having good shaves. Far from perfect or BBS but decent for a newbie, and with no razor burn or cuts, I was quite happy with my progress!

...Then I really went to town practicing my stropping, spent a couple nights on it, played the proper sound on repeat while stropping to try and match it, worked slow and built up my muscle memory... and it was time to shave... so I gave it a whirl...}

Well I went for an XTG pass and I must of bunched up my skin just at the edge of my side burn, because I managed to nicely dig the point of my razor in the skin... that left a nice cut, not sure if it will be permanent yet...

Got another good one on my chin, not a cut, more like I poked myself with the point....

Well, after reading all your tips and stories about people getting cuts, I managed to throw that out the window and try it for myself I couldn't resist!

..ohh and even after all that it still beats shaving with the fusion!


/End Rant


Lesson Learned: Go slow and be careful, the thing is sharp Thought I would mention that just in case someone else can learn from other peoples mistakes... I can't