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I finally met up with beluga who is mentoring me through it. He graciously touched up my blade on a series of naniwa stones, gave me some super tips on technique and corrected my stropping. So now...

just wanted to say thanks for this.
im constantly reminding myself to scrape the lather and not the face.
which has reduced my razor burn tremendously!
even though i still might be like 96 shaves...

Thanks beluga... ur a lifesaver!

I'm gonna be patient and give it a few more tries with proper stropping, perhaps even try the diamond paste, at the same time focus on improving my technique. If nothing works by shave number 10 and...

gave it another shot this morning. stropped 30 laps over cotton and 60 over leather. also looked at the blade through a loupe before and after. it made a difference visibly as well as less pulling...

Thank you!
So my next steps are going to be....
Stropping again slowly and carefully as described above. I did watch bunch of videos before stropping but obv I still messed it up. However I don't...

Hi gents

I've done a search regarding my question but unable to find the exact answer. So i apologize in advance if I'm repeating.
I've been using a double edge for almost 5 years, a feather...