Well I tried to shave again with my new Dovo Stainless 5/8.

The first go went great (see shave of the day). Today's shave was awful though. The razor dragged way too much and didn't really cut anything. It was honed barely last week.

I stropped it last night on my home-made strop (bought from a member of the group here). It seemed fairly sharp then, but I ended up re-stropping again this morning for 30-40 laps all to no avail. The razor picked up some black-coloured dirt in doing so (which I wiped off gently). I also noticed the strop has two sides - one is black ('naked' leather), whereas the other has what looks like a green-coloured paste (crayon-like marks) on it. Which side am I supposed to strop on?

Basically, not sure what's wrong but this was a bad shave that I couldn't get half a cheek shaved. I had to finish with my not-so-close DE safety razor. What am I doing wrong? Have I ruined the edge on my razor?