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Glad you posted that . . . technically you owned the thread so its all yours to play with and we enjoy helping out.

Go easy now on the stropping; sharper blade, lighter stropping.

That sounds promising. I think you're on your way to a stropping merit badge! :)

Lets see how the shave goes, but yea, you follow all the conventional wisdom and still get tugging and pulling then maybe its time to stop listening to all the conventional wisdom. Thats a good life...

Yes, exactly. You've got it. Now if only the edge will remain until tomorrow. :)

Maybe some light stropping in the A. M. too.

I'd like you to keep using the TPT to assess the edge. I think...

You might do just fine without linen/canvas. Just add a touch of pressure and follow my suggestions. Make sure to follow up with the traditional no pressure stropping at the end. Stick with that...

I didn't read the whole thread but if your searching for solutions it lies with your point 1, unless you were getting good shaves at the beginning and they have erroded, then point 1 and 2 are...