I have a shave ready razor that I bought from the classifieds. I shaved small areas of my face about 4 times without incident. It was so uneventful that I said i can do this straight razor stuff. Well I figured I better strop the razor before I shave again. I got a hanging strop and tried a "cheepo" razor that came with the strop. I was not happy with my technique. Yesterday I got a piece of leather material from a strop kit and laid it on a table and stroped the cheapo razor. It seemed to go OK. Next I slowly stroped my "shaving" razor about 50 passes on this small (12") piece of leather. This morning when I tried to shave with it ( my normal prep) I goty tugging and a few weepers.

Did I strop too much? Too little? Wrong technique and burred the edge? Improper shaving technique? If it is the stroping how do I repair the razor? If it was technique, it was a few days after i put the razor down waiting for the strop to come in. Please offer some suggestions.