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Now that you say it I believe the edge could be wavy. I was using a cloth to wipe off the shaving soap, I must have been a little too rough wiping it off. Also in the above post I meant TPT not TNT,...

I took some pictures to show the reflection of the bad parts of the edge. Sorry for the quality but I had to take them with my phone.

Tonight I really concentrated on doing very slow meticulous stropping and doing a very good prep. Again I did multiple hot towels including one with lather.

The shave was better! I managed to get...

Thanks everyone so far! I am going to try attempt number 2 tonight!

That is what is scaring me! I will keep trying to do my first pass WTF with the straight razor. Maybe I will try leading a bit with the toe, but it was having such a hard time getting through my...

That definitely sounds like a good idea. I was probably being a bit hasty. I will try to see if shaving and stropping technique improve my shaves. The only reason I was jumping to conclusions is...

So I had my first shave a little while ago.

My prep was good. Two hot towels and lathered up and stropped (I stropped a bit today because I didn't want to sit with the lather on too long) then hot...