Ya, it's the angle. Think of how long the edge would last if you held it at 90 degrees.
My strop has arrived. I also got a second razors to work with that should be here this week. Interestingly enough the other razor I picked up was a Gold Dollar 66. It is honed and shave ready so I should be good to go when it gets here.
Who honed the Gold Dollar? If not one of the guys on this forum, it is not shave-ready.
That's a pretty broad statement, is there nobody else anywhere in the world selling shave ready gold dollars? completely off topic but that's a heck of a statement.
Considering that this is the largest shaving forum, and the 2nd largest shaving forum will ban you for even suggesting that a Gold Dollar can be made to shave well and hold an edge.... ya, it's a heck of a statement and pretty much true.
Going to give this new razor a try tomorrow and see if my luck will be better with it.
The blade got hung up and when I tried to push through it I got myself pretty good.
I've found that stretching is so important with a straight. I need to flatten and tighten my skin for each stroke of the blade. When I fail to do that, things get bloody. In a way, the DE does a disservice in that regard by making us lazy. Just this morning I noted that a particularly sticky area on my chin has been going much better recently with better stretching.
Good luck!
Josh
The Gold Dollar was head and shoulders better . . . I'm sure I will get better with time . . . I also keep a goatee . . .