I got my first straight in the mail, stropped it, lathered up and shaved. I got a pretty close and clean shave with just one small little nic. I tried to only do my cheeks but it was uneventful and the rest of my face was too tempting so i did the rest WTG and ATG.

Then, a couple of days later i go back again. I stropped the razor, lathered up, and had the worst shave of my life. It was rough, and i cut myself up pretty bad.

I don't know if it's my technique, or if i had dulled up my razor (probably a combination of both). Anyways, here is a little more info. During my first shave I bumped the tip of my razor against the sink a couple of times when i was washing the lather off of it. Also as I was stropping for the second shave i accidentally rolled it on the edge a few times instead of on the spine but i caught myself doing that and fixed it.

I'm guessing the first shave was pretty good because my razor was still sharp (i bought it from SRD) but i had been dulling it gradually and by the time i got to my second shave my razor was badly dulled by the time i put it to my face.

I tried the nail test and the blade seemed to glide easily over my nail so that seems to indicate i dulled my razor. Should I use my 1 free honing from SRD after only shaving with it twice?