ok, you guys know i cant seem to get the stubble on areas of my neck. lately, i have been trying to use a barbers hone and some handamerica 0.5 paste on a flatbed strop to keen up my two TI straightrazors. the thicker one, the bison horn, i shaved last night, and tonight, i used the SRP club razor. i had a problem trying to hear scraping sounds on the thicker spined one, and consequently, the SRP razor shaved better than the other one. i was told DO NOT lift up the bison one and keep it flat. i put two fingers on the middle of the blade to keep it flat along the strop when i use the paste, and i use the x pattern and regular up and back since the leather on the board is so wide.

however, both shaves left me with some stubble on jaw line and then on neck. club razor did a better job between the two. cheeks as always are easy to get. now, i know i probably need to somehow pull the skin up along the jawline better, so i surmise maybe i try my face and then just paint at the jawline with lather and leave the cheeks cream-free so as to allow me to grip better. you think this solves the jawline problem?

it is amazing that when your face is dry, you pull the skin and it seems as though you need to shave it opposite of what you do. by my right ear, if i pull the skin uptoward the forehead, logic seems to be that i should shave with or against the grain. when i rub my face dry and pull, it seems to stand up more if i shave crossways towards the ear.

no, i dont have much problem with the feather straight. and my neck stubble is much better gotten with the feather straight. i think the reason is due in large part to the sharpness of the blade and then the small length of blade. i use the regular professional blades.

would super professional work better?

would i be better off to sell the straights since honing is gonna be a problem?

should i try some 0.25 diamond paste from classic? the one time i used a
sample i did get a great, almost feather-like edge.

jay visited me and watched me strop and then looked at my honing and said it did not appear that i was screwing it up (well, we took an older razor of his and he watched my technique on a dry stone to see if i rolled the edge, etc)

sam