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it does dry faster. try using more water and you should be a little better off. can i recommend the classicshaving.com soap? that's what i started out with and i had good luck with it, plus you won't...

i'm pretty sure running the blade across your thumbnail is enough to knock down the edge. when i got my phone-honing tutorial from our resident phone guru, he said not to do that after the initial...

i think we're on the same page now. let me just say for the record, and people can take it up if they like, that in my experience, poor technique, or lack of diligence to those three items we've all...

well, wwIII aside, i still think that somehow the blade got dulled. it could have been caused by anything from the time the package left tony's hands to the time you put the blade to your face.
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that's exactly my point. i think my experience was being dismissed because i haven't been here as long, and i believe that's a mistake. also, i guess i should say i wasn't really directing this at...

okay. i'm quoting myself because, obviously, i want to be really really clear, and i want to do it with all proper deference to those who've helped me start SE shaving. having said that, x, i have...

alright, rather than go back and forth about this, let's wait and let the guy who posted first weigh in and see what he thinks. we could be missing the point entirely.

yeah, i wasn't arguing about the angle, just the three items you listed. if those things were contributing to the problem, then the real problem was still going too hard or going over it too many...

i disagree with you, firestart, 1,2, and 3 are to blame if a person isn't getting close enough shaves, but i've done all three for one reason or another, and they don't really cause razor burn.

if you got it shave ready from tony, why did you strop it? i don't really know much, but i'm wondering if you didn't dull it, careful as you think you may have been. a sharp razor shouldn't leave you...