5 Shaves under my belt...Blade dull already?
New to the world of straight razor shaving. Long time fan, but I never was able to get into the game until I received a sight half seen deal from whipped dog on Friday.
First shave was rough, I got careless and gave myself a nice slive on my left cheek. It's nearly healed now.
Next shave was without incident save for some razor burn and a subsequent ingrown.
Shave after that was fantastic. Almost no burn, only one or two (very) small nicks, and very close save for my neck under the jawline...I still can't figure that out.
4th shave was largely without incident save for a nick under my lip.
This morning, I lathered up and the blade felt like it was catching a lot and required more pressure to cut. It also was skipping a bit...those two combined made for a difficult, not very close, and bloody shave ( I got my ear...of all things my damn floppy earlobe).
After the shave I tried a HHT with one of the hairs from my head. No Go...it required both pressure and motion to cut.
I strop leather and canvas 15 times and 25 times respectively before and after each shave. I have no nicks on my strop and have been very conscious to not touch the blade on anything.
Is it likely that poor tecnique has dulled my blade already?
To that end, I received a barber's hone from WD as well. Would I potentially be able to touch up my blade with this and how, or should send it back to Larry for a re hone after only 5 shaves?
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