Quote Originally Posted by MikekiM View Post
You likely purchased your straight shave ready, but after just a few shaves at steep angles, it's probably far from where it should be at this point. You're in DC.. I am in NY. If you want your razor honed, send it up to me. Cover the postage and I'll give a fresh edge..

Good luck!!
Thank you very much for the kind offer, but I will have to respectfully decline due to my Stropping skills getting significant better.
To start off I must apologize for the long wait time there has been for me to post.

Ok sooo back to roughly a week ago when I shaved...This was possibly the best Straight Razor shave I've ever had. I applied light pressure and I had better performance on my neck rather than my sideburns and mustache. I payed close attention to my angle while testing strange ones too. I essentially trimmed all of my facial hair to a low profile look. Except for my neck which I had 1 or 2 patches towards the corner where I almost had a successful shave.

After the shave I had no need of using the Alum Block because my face felt refreshing and I had ZERO redness on my face and this is only with 3 shaves!

NOW towards sharpening: I originally stropped my blade incorrectly and with my handyman skills I came to the realization that the blade's point was leaning more towards one side and was a bit dull. So I began testing out different techniques on my strop with my straight razor and I finally got the X pattern down on my 2inch strop! My blade is at a near even point and the blade feels as sharp as the day I received it.

PS- I also have a block of Chromium Oxide but I wont be using that for about 2-5 months

-Due to my facial hairs slow growth, It takes longer than usual until I can perform my next shave...Will be posting again soon with part 4 shave!