Hi guys,

As some of the regulars here know, I've been shaving straight for about two months now(DE for over a year). I own a lovely Globusmen that was treated to an excellent light restore(I didn't want to loose the etch of the goldwash) by Decraew and he also honed it for me. Thanks for that again, without your help I'd still be stuck in DE yearning for 'les véritables rasoirs'. So far I've been enjoying the shaves very much, the times I managed to take the time for them. However, the last couple of shaves have been quite tricky (watery eyes and generally the old M3 feeling) and I haven't been able to pinpoint the problem. I do strongly suspect my stropping isn't up to scratch yet and I think I might have ruined my edge somehow. Though I can't think of any moment where I did that. I've had the problem with 5 days stubble and also with a single day(but much less). I also tried giving it a half an hour treatment on the balsa strop and then the leather, but my razor keeps preforming substandard. Should I have it touched up on the hones? Could it perhaps be that my beard requires another type of razor(the GM is a full hollow ground)? Is the Poor Man's Strop kit enough, or should I look into a linnen/denim strop?(My mother is a pretty good seamstress, she could probably help me with that.)

PS: If there are any members in the neighborhood of Ghent: would one of you show me the ropes of stropping? I don't see any flaws in my current technique, a more experienced eye might help correcting the rookie mistakes.