Yes, I have no doubt of that now. To my surprise this morning, I realized I've made a little bit of progress with each shave.

Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Welcome to SRP. IME you have to use these numbers as a guideline and experiment with what works for you. There are a number of components to successful straight razor shaving, prep, lathering, skin stretching and finally stroke and blade angle, not to mention proper stropping. All of these take practice and time to come together but with patience and persistence they eventually will.