Hi lads,
Iv only been at this for a few months but things have been going well. My stropping tecniqhe seems good and my blades have been staying keen. I have a Belgian coticule for honing but I thought i would give a pasted strop a go. For touching up the keenness between honings. I used a Dovo Prima Rindleder with red dovo paste.Ensuring the paste was well worked into the leather I used the exact same tecnique as my normal stropping. There was more drag on the stroke but I expected that due to the abrasive nature of the paste. Anyway, I have since used two of the stropped razors (both Wapi's) that were sharp before the stropping but just dulling slightly. In both cases I have given myself terible razor burn. What did I do wrong when stropping? I am tempted to go back to just using the yellow coticule every couple of months instead for a few courtesy laps as the edge it produces is superb.

nobby