hmm, well it doesn't cut arm hair with contact on the skin either too well.

so far i have only tried the sides of my face so am quite confident i'm getting my angle of 30degrees right.

a video of jockeys said that the blade should feel sticky to touch as it bites into the skin, this isn't happening either.

i'll have a look at some more stropping vids and info and have another go stropping before next shave.

do all you guys use a pasted canvas strop? i have a strop with both leather and canvas but have bypassed the canvas so far.