Hello, I am new to straight razor shaving. I have been wanting to get into this for sometime now. I have my razor and soap, and bowl and strop and brush. I tried shaving yesterday for the first time with the razor (after watching just hours of videos.) I watched videos on stropping, and making the lather, and the actual shave. I took a nice hot shower and even placed a warm wash cloth over my face for a few minutes before I put on the lather. I lathered up fairly well, making sure to coat all of the hairs. I took my razor to my face...and I took of zero hair. Zero. I thought well maybe my blade isn't sharp enough. So I tested on my arm and i have a bald patch on my arm from very little pressure on the swipe. And I thought perhaps my angle is wrong. I tried all different sorts to make a 30 degree angle as well. So i kept trying.
Nothing, well I shouldn't say nothing, I have some wonderful razor burn on the right side of my face, and my neck. I tried again today, and the same thing. Besides the razor burn I really enjoy the whole act of shaving with a straight razor. The stropping, the making of the lather, all of it. I am coming here because I do not know what else to do. I am sure many others have posted here before with similar stories of their first shave looking for help. If this has been answered before please point me in the right direction. If need be, I can upload some photos or videos of what I am doing.

(just a heads up a lot of the videos that I watched were from geofatboy)

If there is any help you can give, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,
Garrett