I did the plunge...

[da0acer0]

So I finally got my straight razor yesterday and decided to shave with it. It was an interesting experience, I did 1.89 passes (one WTG and one XTG/ATG kind) and I didn't cut myself or anything. Granted it was nowhere close to being BBS, but it's a step in the right direction. The only thing I noticed was that the razor seemed to not really cut a lot of the hairs, I even tried shaving some hairs on my forearm and they are still there...I'm assuming that the razor maybe isn't sharp enough?

 

[mparker762]

The razor is not sharp enough.

It may not have been sharp enough to begin with (new razors aren't sharp enough from the factory despite what they claim), and it's possible that you damaged the edge while stropping. But whatever the reason, it's not sharp enough right now.