Thread: some advice on my stropping technique

Hello Guys

So I got my Dovo carbon steel 6/8 shave ready and it was great, it cut thru the moustache and beard with ease.

But now after a few uses I'm getting a hard time, got cuts and drag and stuff.

I have stropped it before every shave but I think my stropping is poor. I use an Illinois "russian" leather and linen strop with a Dovo yellow strop paste.

Here's how I do it:

I apply some strop paste over the edge of the blade, without touching it.

Then I strop in the linen side with the razor flat over the strop and the spine of the razor "in front" leading down drawing a diagonal line to cover all the edge length. After that I roll the blade over the spine and then move it the other way around in a similar way than before, i do this for 60 or 70 times.

After that I do the same using the leather strop, but just 15 times.

All your help is appreciated

Thanks in advance and merry xmas!!!

Edit: Just in case I think my soap/lather might not be helping either: I use a classic shaving soap (from classicshaving.com) and a Vulfix Super badger brush on a Thier Issard stainless steel mug.