Hey,

Having shaved woth a straight for the first time just now, it went great, closer and less burn/nicks than before, though by no means perfect but I found I had to strop a couple of times during it, as the razor seemed like it wasn't cutting as well, thoough was fine afterwards.

Basically, is this normal, should I be doing more passes when I strop initially? (did 20 linen and 30 leather). I do have a pretty tough beard if that could be the reason.

Cheers