Nope. On the first pass wtg I could feel more cutting but not enough, re lathered, 2nd pass wtg, again not enough, another razor would usually have done the hard work by now.
Re lathered for against the grain, this should be down to the wood on this, a couple of strokes and again the razor was down.
Quickly loaded my Gillette Slim to finish, even the Nannys Moroccan Sands could not save this shave, one of my worst in a long time.
Its a thing of beauty to look at but unfortunately I will have to email Stan for a return.