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Swerve,

Good call on the whipped dog second razor, would be nice right about now :)

Yeah, I emailed yesterday inquiring but have yet to hear anything.. I'd rather not drag this out seeing as I only have the one SR and was just starting to get into it.

Oh well!

I'll definately look into a paddle strop for beginning.

And I think the Dovo is going to go in the mail to classic edge for a re-do!

Thanks for the input fellas.

Kwlfca,

Lathering was finally decent and I've been stretching from the first shave attempt.

I'll take a peek on Insta!

Thanks.

Hahaha great story..

Well I certainly used some pressure but I didn't white knuckle it thats for sure !

I have watched quite a few stropping videos tonight after my ordeal and have learnt a...

Sirtexan, ecormier

I will do both of those and go from there. I have a feeling it will have to go for a little trip in the mail though.

Thanks for the help, much appreciated !

No paste, just the Classic Edge Russian leather strop.

Ecormier, thats not NB! haha

As for the stropping, I believe in the beginning I wasn't resting the spine on the strop and I think I was pressing to hard.. Damn.

Bill,

No one I know owns or uses a SR in New Brunswick, that I'm aware of !! Hahaha..

Bill,

Thanks for the reply.

Don't get me wrong, I'm very new at this and totally understand how important technique is. With that said, when I tried it on my arm I tried several different...

Yep,

Purchased one of the SR starter sets from Classicedge.ca, it came within a week and I have attempted 4 Shaves thus far..
All of them failures. At first it was lather issues that I thought...