Hi, I'm a newbie shaver so I don't know a whole lot. I'm using a dovo best quality 5/8 straight with poraso pre shave cream and a van Der Hagen badger brush and soap. When I got my razor I questioned the sharpness of the blade but I nicked myself several times without applying too much pressure. So in hindsight it was probably shave ready. I am now 13 shaves in and my technique has improved immensely. Unfortunately due to my own clumsiness I inadvertently tapped the blade on my faucet when rinsing. Between the two miniscule chips on my blade and my long road leading to proper stropping, (I have a lot of cuts on my strop) I believe I have dulled my blade. I can now strop halfway decent but I cannot get a close shave. Last night I did four passes (W/G X/G A/G A/G) and I still had stubble on my face. I hate to have to send it in to get it honed after only two weeks. My strop is a filly strop from ruprazor with one side treated with .5 chromium oxide. What should I do?