So far, so good. I'm really getting the hang of it, haven't cut myself majorly yet, only an occasional nick and they are fewer and farther in between now, knock on wood but's been a few weeks. My stropping has come a long ways, and I am maintaining a sharp edge. I shave WTG, XTG and then ATG each morning, and getting a very close shave now. I'm learning the different angles of attack for my own individual features, and it's been a real learning curve. Now the bad... I've aquired 5 razors now, it's addictive! My main two everyday users that I rotate are Dovo's that I bought new when I started, a Dovo Special and a Dovo Perlex. Now I just picked up some flea market finds, a Joseph Rogers and Sons and a Wade & Butcher that I want to clean up and restore. I found a really cool strop too at an antique store that I started using and it's doing a better job than my hanging strop. It's a small belt of leather that is looped around an adjustable metal frame with a wooden handle that turns to tighten or loosen. One side is black and coarser and one side is light. It slides neatly into a box for storage. The box says it's made in Albany, NY and the original price printed on the box was 75 cents. The instructions for use are still clear on the box and I have followed them and my razor is actually being maintained quite nicely. The box says to rub some vaseline into the leather occasionally. All I have done with it is apply some strop dressing when I first bought it.

Dan