Hello,
new straight shaver here. I had my eye on getting a straight for several years now, and have just recently finished up my bachelors and got myself a full time job. Since I have a little extra money lying around I decided to finally indulge myself and get my first SR.

I picked up a Dovo Bismarck 6/8 from Fendrihan a short while ago. I've done three shaves, the first just a quick WTG pass in the cheek region, the second an almost full WTG pass (some of the jaw spots still feel a little awkward) and the third I did another WTG as well as a second pass XTG where I felt comfortable doing it.

Now there have been a few times where it felt like the razor was catching a little bit, though this may have been mostly due to my lack of technique. The other thing is (and I know it's not necessarily a cardinal rule) I can't seem to get the razor to pass a hanging hair test... I'm not sure if I should be concerned about this. I did buy the razor "pre-sharpened" as in, it should be shave ready out of the box and from what I have read on here Fendrihan does a good job at it. Though my stropping skill is slowly improving, I am wondering of perhaps I messed it up with my first few 'botched' attempts (I ended up putting a few nicks into it and had to pumice stone it down).

So should I be concerned about this, and what is the proper course of action if the razor needs some more work now?