Hi all you and welcome me to this forum! I'm new to straight razor shave, have a very little experience. So, i got vintage USSR made carbon steel straight razor honed by master. 1st and 2nd shaves seemed to go smooth. I know that before each shave i must strop the razor on lather strops. Right now i don't have any strops, planning to buy a good one. After 2nd shave i felt a little discomfort, the razor seemed a little dull. Guys at baggerandblade advised to use newspaper as alternative strop. Ok, I've used it today with chromium oxide following it by stropping on clear side and shave again. It seems restore some sharpness, but now razor doesn't do hair cut test (it's doing with some pressure). Is it possible not to do hair cut test but shave normally or i get dull blade? Also can i use any method as alternative to expensive stones or maybe good strop with some abrasives can recover the sharp edge?
Sorry for my bad English, thanks in advance!

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