I am new to SR shaving and have never done it yet. I had a straight razor (Henry Sears, Germany, 1865, extra ground) that I found at an antique store honed and sharpened by a local barber. I only stropped it a few times because the barber said that it was ready to use.

The problem is that when I try to start shaving, the blade seems to drag and scrape, not glide. My question is how much pressure is appropriate? How much drag is right? The blade seems to get stuck on my face and I'm afraid to apply pressure in fear of cutting myself? How much pressure is enough?