hey everyone, i got into straights a few years back. Bought a couple new razors and some used ones.

Met up with lynn one afternoon - and he showed me the ins and outs of honing. which was amazing and i still remember watching him show me his little tips.

Unfortunately my busy life kept me away from shaving with straights for the last few years - but i recently picked them back up and began shaving with them again.

Never been the best at honing, but i think my stropping technique is fine.. just use a tight strop - and very light pressure, if none at all.

I lather well - and strop 25-50 passes - i shave three times - once with grain, once across grain, once against grain.

THe biggest problem area is my chin. The stubble there is its thickest - and i start questioning if my razor is sharp enough.

Im going to send this one out to get professionally sharpened. SO i can eliminate that variable.

I also ordered a Boker Edelweiss - and a DOVO Grey Bone 5/8 - both professionally sharpened via Straight razor designs. So those should give me a good idea if its the razor or not.

The one im using was sharpened 5 years ago? but ive only used it shave 3-10 times...

anyway - when i get to my chin - it pulls and hurts pretty bad to fully shave that area-- ill try and lower the angle see if it helps - but i stretch it taught and try to shave it in one pass - but the razor seems to catch and pull - and it just doesnt get it close.

Any tips for shaving the chin area?