I've been reading the forums for the past month or so and finally ordered the DOVO Pearlex set from SRD as my first razor set. Thanks everyone for all the helpful reading material on here.

My shaving set came in today and I was so excited I hopped in the shower after work, prepped my face, and went for it. I was able to shave everything no problem but I felt like I wasn't able to get as close a shave as I would like. I went for a second pass, and then a third pass across the grain, but the sides of my jaw line are still not as smooth as I'd like. The second and third pass I threw caution to the wind and applied more pressure with the blade. There were even some hairs near my neck that the razor would not cut no matter how many times I passed over them. Also I had some trouble with getting a clean shave on my mustache.

Am I doing something wrong? I believe the blade is shave ready since I bought it from SRD so I tried my first shave without stropping. Then before my third pass I tried stropping it and I couldn't tell much of a difference.

Again thank you guys so much for all the information that's on this website. It's been really helpful.