Thanks for the congrats guys. I pulled down shave #2 with a run of 40 laps on the strop last night (first time stropping a truly sharp blade). Got ZERO razor burn and no discomfort after the shave.

THEN I woke up this morning:
The whole reason I got into straights was because my neck looks like I got attacked by a colony of fire ants, and then to get them off I had to use a butane torch. (no b-ball court look though) This morning there were no red patches on my neck. Within two shaves they're gone. I still have some red bumps from good old Mr. Schick Hydro (who did a much better job than Mr. Mach 3) but I'm confident those will go away with a little more time. But I posted this up to say: this is why I came, and I'm seeing improvement right away.

It's a little hard to believe, but I'm stoked to shave again tonight!