Rolling the blade's edge is easy to do. I did it on my first professionally honed razor I bought from SRD. I was fortunate enough to have been able to learn the way I did.

I had a straight razor that I bought 20 years ago from a cutlery shop that I didn't realize needed to be honed, tried to shave with it (which didn't go so well) and put it in a drawer for the next 20 years. About a year ago, I decided to try it again except this time I had a nice tool to get me started...The internet & SRP. After doing some research, I learned that it needed to be honed. I grabbed my old Smith tripple sided hone and went to town. Although I don't recommend this type of hone, I was able to get my razor shave ready. I started shaving a little at a time with it, then bought my Dovo Bismark from SRD and WOW... what a first shave. The second day, I stropped it and the shave was terrible. I learned right quick how easy it is to roll an edge. The reason I said I was fortunate to learn the way I did, was because I already had a little experience shaving with a fairly sharp razor. When I rolled the edge I knew right away that it wasn't my angle, etc.. and something else must have been wrong.

My best advice to you is try going a day without shaving, then try doing each cheek using both sides of the blade and see how it comes out. With two days stubble, you can easily see and feel how well the razor works. If the razor pulls a lot or shaves completely different when using both sides of the blade, you may have well rolled the edge and will need to get it re-honed. If it seems to shave OK then it may just be an angle or pressure problem. You made a comment about your shave being spotty. It's very possible this may have been from using too little pressure or blade angle (laying the blade almost flat on your skin). Make sure to have a good air gap between the spine and your skin.

As far as shaving your chin, until you get use to blade angle, you will experience a slight pulling sensation. I found my chin to be the most difficult area to learn how to shave. Use little, short strokes continually adjusting the blade angle as you progress around the curve of it. You can't expect to be able to shave this using a long stroke as you can with a disposable razor.

I hope this helps. Don't give up, keep at it and soon you will find yourself actually looking forward to shaving. Not to mention, it's a geat conversational piece anywhere you go. Be warned though, it's addictive and you may soon find yourself wanting to try different razors. I didn't have that problem and was able to stop at 30 different razors just yesterday! LOL! You're in the right place for all kinds of experience and advice and we hope to hear from you soon.