I have been shaving a littlt bit of my face everyday. Today I did two complete passes...except for a small area on my chin (I used a DE). I think in retrospect I messed up the edge on my first straight by improper stropping, I have the cut strop pad to prove it. My shave today was uneventful and pleasant. I give some of that credit to Al's Da Bomb shave cream and Larry Andros's suggestion to apply hair conditioner and leave it on and lather over it.
Also my stropping improved with the SRP modular strop as i said I cut up the first pad and it was easily replaced with a new pad. I actually removed the cutup pad and replaced it with a horse butt leather strap.
One thing I am having problem with is I am right handed, I use my right hand exclusively to shave. I can shave the right side of my face and neck as easy as can be, the left side I get some tugging and some not as close. I'm sure it is a blade angle issue. Well I'll keep working on it.