Well Veleno came over today, and let me just say, "thank you!"

He not only show me how lap my hones, hone my razor, strop my razor, and test the sharpness, he also gave me a bunch of samples of different soaps that he uses. He also offered to show me how to paste a strop, but I am not ready to try and learn another thing yet.

My razor is shaving much better now, and besides figuring out that I probably rolled the edge at the end of a stropping session by picking up the razor incorrectly, I was very relieved that he thought my general stropping was decent.

Thanks SRP! I sound like a commercial. I only hope one do to help another newbie. Maybe I'll convince some friends to start SR shaving once I know what I'm doing.

-Ty