I'm at my 5th shave and have shaved my whole face for the second time. Sometimes my razor seems like it is having trouble cutting my whiskers. This last time I shaved I stropped about 70 times lathered (after pre shave of course) shaved a couple passes with ease. After a couple more it felt like it was tugging, so I stropped mid shave, and finished up. The second strop didnt seem to help any. I am getting nearly BBS shaves, except for my chin and parts of neck, but I leave with some razor burn.. I am wondering if my stropping isnt that good, if its my angles, or that the razor was shave ready from the hone man but I messed it up stropping ?

I dont know but the shaves seem to be getting better, and with less irritation. Maybe I should just keep on truckin and see if it gets better?

If there is anyone in the Baton Rouge area willing to meet up and help out that would be awesome

BTW thanks everyone for the help in getting me started ! I am having fun doing this despite my insecurities!