Quote Originally Posted by Euclid440 View Post
If a razor gives you a harsh shave ATG, look at the edge. Any grind should shave well ATG, especially a full hollow.

Full hollow razors are easy to flex, if you flex the blade while honing, stropping, or shaving, (yes shaving), you will lift the edge off the surface. The back of the bevel acts as a fulcrum and the edge comes off the surface.

When honing and that happens you are not honing the edge, same for stropping, shaving, you are cutting hair unsupported, your neck is more sensitive than the rest of your face, so you feel it more.

As said a quality Full Hollow will shave a dream.

The second a razor does not shave well, strop and look at the edge with magnification. If it was fully honed, the issue is stropping, it is a common issue. It just takes time to perfect your stropping stroke and full hollows can be unforgiving.
I never thought about stropping being different. I did see some debates on whether a razor sings on the strop, but I just thought that was a silly argument and didn't read much about it. And to be fair, until I started this I hadn't thought about it flexing too much on my face.