Thank you for the replies
I had a great shave yesterday with no redness, razor burn or irritation. Here is a list of my equipment:
1. Dovo Best Quality SR
2. Bismarck short hanging strop
3. Vulfix Pure Badger Brush
4. Georgetown Pottery Shaving Scuttle
5. Taylor of Old Bond Street Luxury Lavender Shaving Soap
6. Saint Charles Shave Lavender Aftershave Milk
Factors that I believe contributed to a painless shaving experience are:
1. It'd been two days since my last shave
2. I made a conscious effort to apply very light pressure with the blade
3. I kept the area I was shaving well-soaped, only soaped portions of my face at a time, re-applied soap between passes, and even rinsed my face after completing a section before soaping up the next area.
My prep always includes applying a very warm towel to my face. I do this several times, resoaking the towel between applications. Next I apply fresh warm lather to my beard area and let it marinate while I strop the blade. Then I wipe off the lather with my wet towel, apply fresh lather, wet my blade and begin shaving.