So, I got one of those pasted strops from TheWellShavedGentleman.com, which really did wonders for my blade. But today I was messing with it, stropping and testing the edge while in the actual act of shaving. At some point, I did ten passes over the regular strop side and I suddenly found that I didn't seem to get any friction against my face at all. This was late in the shaving, so I was just trying to pick up stray stubble I may have missed, but this isn't the first time I've been at that stage, and I've never experienced this sensation before as though I was running the back of a butter knife across my face.

Like a genius, I worked at it, trying to see if I could get some traction going. I cut myself three times that way without ever feeling any drag. I'm thinking maybe the damn thing is sharp. Am I crazy here?