Hello everyone!
I wanted to know your opinion on this matter.

I've been using a shavette for a while, I bought a used Dovo Micarta from a user on the forums and it was shave ready, last week I bought an inexpensive TI blade from Art of Shaving (I say inexpensive because I had a gift card) which I'm using to learn how to strop. This one was honed and stropped by Max, so it's also shave ready.

For the past week I've been using these two blades alternating between them and stropping them before I shave or the night before.
My stropping technique, although I don't think it's perfect, I do feel I'm getting the hang of it. I try to keep the same tension on the strop and pressure on the blade and I really go by ear, listening to the blades as they run the length of the strop. I have a 3" strop so I'm not worried about an X pattern which makes it easier.

For some reason I feel that I get closer shaves with the shavette than the actual SRs. Could this be because of sharpness or technique? or both? There are some patches that I'm having trouble going either ATG or XTG.

I'm absolutely loving the whole process, the whole ritual of stropping, prep, creating a nice lather and the actual shave. Something I used to hate when using the Mach 3.

Any tips and feedback will be most appreciated!

Cheers.

E.