So I made my first stropping mistake tonight. I was stropping while watching Deadliest Warrior on Spike. Seriously, it was a great episode and I wanted to know if a Green Beret could take a Russian Spetsnaz. My father-in-law is a former Green Beret and thought the whole concept was pish-posh. Anyway...

You can probably see where this is going, but I accidentally rolled the edge a bit while stropping. I felt like an idiot and really worried that I had lost my near-perfect edge that Ron achieved for me. Worried, I tried the thumbnail test...no good. The thumb-pad test....also, no good. At this point, I almost cried. Thinking that maybe Thor and Zeus would have favor on me, tonight, I finished stropping after turning the TV off (still don't know who killed whom). I checked the edge after stropping, and it didn't seem any better. Defiantly ignorant, I tried shaving anyway and to my utmost surprise, I got a great shave! Only needed a single WTG pass followed with an ATG pass on the cheeks and got a great shave on my neck (an area that's been untouchable in my mere 2 months experience).

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Have the gods in Solingen granted me this one indemnification?

-Derek