IMO it bears repeating. Alan should have put in a link to his vids, there is something in them for all of us.
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As I believe you've already found, this is the most helpful, informative and friendly site on the web!!
While this link isn't exactly about what your problem is/but it's going to help you, I do think that you will find it useful, especially since Glen (GSSIXGUN) wrote it! Enjoy the reading!
I hope you will enjoy and again, Welcome!
Straight Razor Place - Beginners Tips: January 2012
I like to concentrate on technique, and then speed, but I find I need to check my speed at times, to concentrate on form. I consider myself foolish if I stupidly relinquish control and wreck the edge...
I strop my razors 50 to 100 times between shaves and have never found stropping dulled the blades. Has anyone had an experience where they stropped a blade so much that is actually make the blade dull?
No, not at all. I do 30/70 prior to the shave and 10/10 post shave. Dulling a razor from stropping would surely be a result of poor form.