I do not have a pasted strop to try your suggestion. I bought a set of Naniwa stones : 3K, 8K and 12K. I was told not to use the 12K until the razor is sharp. With your advice of using a pasted strope, i tried the 12 K stone and it made a huge difference. It felt much sharper and it did not tug as much.. Or did it ? I shaved this morning after using 20 passes on the 12K. Not sure if this is enough. It gave me a nicer shave, but not as nice as the TI though. Perhaps i should send an email to TI to get their tricks. I wonder if they used pasted stropes. The flyer that came with the razor is promoting TI pasted stopes...

When i decided to get a straight razor, i had read on honing and from my reading, i thought that 12 K stone would be the finishing stone i would need... Well, well well. Let me shave a couple more times with the Dovo and see how i get used to it or if i need to consider buying pasted strope. I did not realize that honing was such a challenging experience and that it would require so much equipment (expensive too) to get a nice and comfortable shave.