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Out of curiosity, when you are test shaving razors you hone, are you just lathering up after you finish and doing a couple quick swipes to see where you are at? Or are you waiting until morning (or...

This, I think, is exactly what happened. My first shave, with a "shave-ready" razor, did not glide, but my second shave, with a razor that I honed myself (very first honing) glided like I imagined...

I'm not sure I'm completely understanding what you are saying about the TPT. After reading the wiki, my understanding of the TPT is to lightly drag the blade along my thumb pad, heel to toe, as if...

As an update, I stropped up the shave-ready Clauss today and had at it. It was much much better than I remember. I had a very nice shave and was able to do my chin too. I guess it was just that I...

I was quick to assume the razors (sharpness) were at fault because even though my (shaving) technique is far from perfect, I couldn't figure out why I have one razor which drags and sticks when I...

Thanks for the tips guys. I'll try to pay attention to the blade angle even more and see if I can't get the shave-ready clauss to shave better. I'll try that one tomorrow again instead of messing...

Ok, so I've only shaved with a straight 3 times so far. I bought one shave-ready razor from the classifieds here. This was the first razor I tried, so I didn't know what to expect. I felt like it...