on my neck and ouch Even with the styptic pencil and aftershave, the irritation won't stop! I feel like such an idiot. Why oh why did I do the entire neck!? Why didn't I strop before my ATG pass!? Why did I attempt this at all!?

If there is any good news that came of this, there is a inch patch that is BBS although it has a lot of nicks as well >_>

Anyway, I also think I improperly stropped my razor too. I've been watching some stropping videos and in all of them I see the strop bending down with the razor. When I'm stropping, my strop doesn't even bend down at all. I keep reading about less pressure, so I really don't put any pressure on the razor. Seeing those videos made my think that I've been doing it wrong and today I added pressure and the razor made a different sound.

How do I know how much pressure to add? Should my strop be bending down? How tightly should I be holding the strop?