Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
Pretty likely our not really stropping. Don't baby it. If you fail to use any pressure at all you're at the whim of the perfection of your technique alone.

A properly stropped edge should provide consistently good or bad shaves, based on honing or technique. Honing, prep, and technique would produce consistent issues, too, either good or bad, I think.
I've been using a (very) small amount of pressure, and after this, using hardly any at all, just the weight of the blade. Haven't tried using more pressure (obviously without going silly), but will give it a go, slowly but more firmly. Thanks for the tip :-)