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Yeah, I sent it to Gents. Interesting. Is the honemeister over there not good enough?

Yeah, stropping it definitely did it – much better. Not like the laser cutting I hear of though, but that's probably in my stropping technique.

Did one pass with the grain. Felt like a Gilette...

Hey, I actually did run my thumb across the blade to see how sharp it was! So maybe I ruined it. Would stropping sharpen it back to shape or would I need even a new honing?

But the honemeister said he had stropped it, so it should have been stropped. Don't know for how many laps, though.

I'll try and see if I can get a better shave after stropping as soon as my strop...

My routine is
1) shower
2) shaving soap applied with brush
3) shave
4) alcoholfree after shave balm

My absolutely first shave was directly after I got the razor. I found it uncomfortable and...

I just got my new Edwin Jagger razor back from honing yesterday. Unfortunetely, I can't really say my first shave was that comfortable. Sure, my technique most probably isn't particularly good, but I...