That is a High Quality Paste..I Use the Same Stuff from the Same Seller..Its Powerful Stuff Mind & Less is More..I Usually Only Use a Handful of Strokes with it & I Know it Well & the Various Steels of Blades..Yeah, looking back at my rationale for using the pasted strop I'm realising this might have been ill-considered.
Additionally, the razor in question has been tricky for me since I got it (from an acquaintance who bought it new). Looking at it under the loupe as Alan suggests I see the bevel shows marks from the abrasive. Also it's not all that even.
Thanks all for your thoughts. The paste in question was sourced here but I've not used it much, only maybe twice before but without this outcome. The reason for using on linen and not leather was because I only have one leather strop and didn't want paste on that. I'll try to source a paddle for the pastes from now on.
I do have some lapping film but have not used it yet for fear I would cause more damage than good, ironically. I'll give it a gentle try and if unsuccessful then this one will be going to Billy. Sorry about that B!
Possibly you are making too many passes without lather, so you wipe the lather off with first pass, then go back over repeatedly whilst you are cleaning up whiskers, also your angle may be off slightly and you may be scraping as opposed to cutting whiskers. There is a natural tendency with all beginners to want to ‘do more', strops, pastes, stones etc. and we can all get obsessed with the tools of the trade, and comparing soaps and pasted is good fun. Your razor is probably fine, just make sure you get a good thick lather, use an established soap and perhaps lather up more during your shave.
The Thing is..If this Razor has Not Been Honed to Shave Ready in the 1st Place..You are Well Up a Gum Tree..I Can Tell You this from Experience..Most New Guys Would Not Know what One Feels Like..I Get Razors Sent Frequently from New Guys that are No where Near Shave Ready & they have Been Attempting to Shave with them Sometimes for Weeks or Months..Thanks for these insights. I think it makes a lot of sense. I try not to lose sight of the basic things, hence not having any stones or a selection of strops so far. In fact I have kept it boringly simple for the most part, trying to learn the basics.
I am happy with lathering, having been a DE shaver for years I moved away from the soap experimenting quite a while ago and tend to stick with what I know and like. Same with reshaving dry skin. The SR has virtually stopped me doing that at all. Certainly never on the cheeks, no need.
If anything, the razor was the variation from normal on the day in question; I've not used it many times and it had never been treated to more than a normal pre/ post shave strop before then that I know of.
I'm shy of it now. Will go back to it after trying remediation. Fortunately I have a few very good razors to choose from and one of those have a great shave since the weekend so I'm fairly happy that I haven't suddenly regressed months in my techniques.
Shouldn't say that...
The Thing is..If this Razor has Not Been Honed to Shave Ready in the 1st Place..You are Well Up a Gum Tree..I Can Tell You this from Experience..Most New Guys Would Not Know what One Feels Like..I Get Razors Sent Frequently from New Guys that are No where Near Shave Ready & they have Been Attempting to Shave with them Sometimes for Weeks or Months..
Most are Not Fit Enough for Spreading Butter..They Don't Know..They Just Suspect Something isn't Right..Until One Feels a Proper Shave Ready SR they Will Never Know what One Feels Like..I Suspect with You're Comments You Don't Know Yourself..The Bottom Line is..You Need a Shave Ready Razor to Learn to Shave..Guessing or 2nd Guessing will Get You No Where..
I Can Tell Ya Something Else..A Lot of Folks that Hone their Own Razors Don't Know what a Proper Shave Ready SR Should Feel Like Neither..Now that Sounds a Cuckoo in the Nest Statement..But its True Never the Less..If You Want it Checked Out Send it Up to Me..
Billy
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