Hey everyone, I'm new to the straight razor shaving world and have some questions. I just bought a new Boker King Cutter and strop from SRD. I got the 3" red latigo. From what I understand, each blade that comes from SRD has been hand sharpened by either Lynn or Don and should come shave ready and razor sharp out of the box. Well, I watched a lot of videos on how to shave and got started. At first I only started shaving my sideburns and cheeks. Then I moved on to my upper lip and chin. I gotta say guys, so far it hasn't been very pleasant. When I'm shaving, it's very rough and the razor is tugging quite a bit on my whiskers. Very very sandpaper ish. I will say this, I am using barbosal right now as my shaving soap and badger brush are still on order. But i've read on other threads that that shouldn't make a whole ton of difference as far as shave quality goes. Am I doing something wrong? Shouldn't it be smoother cutting than a fusion cartridge? Cuz so far man, it's certainly not. I did feel like a badass though.