Originally Posted by
Kees
This place is full of exeperienced and benevolent members. You were criticised because we wanted to help you, not to make you feel bad. Looking at the pictures and video again I suspect that you roll the edge when stropping by the combination of pressure and slack. My suspicion is that you created a rolled edge, AKA a wire edge that manages to catch the hair and cut it. However the edge is not sharp enough to cut a piece of toilet paper.
Most members here would not be satisfied with such an edge, would want a sharper edge. However we have had members before breadknifing the edge to slightly dull the edge and get a better shave.
What we teach here is what always works with every good quality razor, stone and strop. My suspicion is that your technique works this time but won't work time and again, sort of beginner's luck.
At the end of the day there's only one thing that counts: if you get satisfying shaves honing and stropping your razor the way you do it, that's great. Enjoy your shaves. If you manage to keep your razor shaving well and don't have to hone it after each shave you are doing a great job and we were dead-wrong.