Shaving with a cheese grater
I've just had my second straight razor shave, I feel like I've been shaving with a cheese grater. Judging by the results I might as well have done!!.... oh dear......
OK, it's probably my fault - I purchased a new DOVO special after a bit of research - however, it wasn't sold as shave ready, and now I'm wondering what to do in order to make it so. I know the answer is to "send it to a specialist" to have it made shave ready but I'm on a very tight budget so that's not an option right now. And I live in the middle of France. I also have a leather/ canvas hanging strop and 2 cubes of paste (red/ blue foil) - I carefully stropped the razor on the bare canvas (50 times) and then on the bare leather (50 times) which made the second shave better than the first, or was that 'experience'?! There's no indication if or where to use the pastes, so I've left them well alone......
Maybe the cheese grater effect is normal for newbies?.....