Stropping went suprising well. it is different than my old knife, but I do think doing that helped. Well the razor was just as sharp the second shave as the first, so no harm done?
On most of the pulls I'm getting the "sound" that has been expressed as what a proper draw should make on a few videos. No real nicks on the strop either. Though I really want to buy a 3-4" wide strop now .

In general second shave went just about as good as first. I nicked my upper lip. But that seems to be a rather hard place to shave as it is. Suprised that their is razor burn, but give it 10-20mins it actually goes away. And thats with no preshave treatment nor post shave treatment.

Now razors. I'm liking this 5/8 and it seems to do a good job, I'm thinking my next buy should be (after a better strop and different soaps) either a wedge or a extra hollow.
Any suggestions as wheither its better to go smaller or large than the 5/8? I plan on trying both ways.

And to I have to say. Straight Razor shaving. Its won me over. Heart and soul! A bit of bliss in the morning is just what I needed!