All, thank you so much for your replies. I am going to send an email to Vintage Blades. I was thinking about my three shaves I've done. I would do a pass, and it seemed like the middle of the blade wasn't cutting as clean as the ends. Being a newb, I hadn't put all this together until yesterday.

str8razor, I'll post here what happens. Considering the stuff I ordered came with a *hand-written* thank-you letter, I'm not worried. This store seems to have a lot of class.

Jonathan