Well, today I have to say I had my first really good shave. I thought that before I was doing fairly well, but those can't compare with today.

I started with stropping. Just seemed that I was putting way too little pressure, so I added a bit of pressure trying to make sure the edge touched the leather. Then, I managed to make quite a thick and creamy lather (something I'm still working on). Finally, I started shaving and it all just worked. I hit that proper angle for the razor and was just really good.

I still have to work on ATG though. My razor kept wanting to bite into my skin, but overall I got BBS.