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I just shaved for the 5th time in 1 week with my straight.
It is going well. This shave was much better than my 4th shave. The blade felt much sharper and moved smoother. I also think I am getting better at the angles and figuring out how to shave more difficult areas. I know I just need more practice.
The biggest discovery I had between my 4th shave and this one was the great importance of stropping. Since I was worried I had rolled my edge or dulled the blade while stropping I read up a lot on stropping technique, watched a few videos. And then I stropped a ton, being very careful to go slow and keep the spine on the strop and not using hardly any pressure. I think focusing more on the stropping really helped my razor and shave.
I think part of the problem is that my strop is super small, 1.75" by 13.2". It is not a bad strop, I just realized I need to do a lot more laps because it is so small. When I eventually buy another strop I will definitely get a wider and longer one!
After this first week, I definitely think I am going to enjoy shaving with a straight. And I think I am picking it up quicker than I did the DE. But then I do already have face prep and lather skills. And some sort of knowledge about blade angle.
Oh yeah, I have my 2nd razor on the way to me. This time a vintage David Issard. I am looking forward to trying it out and comparing sharpness, etc.
It is going well. This shave was much better than my 4th shave. The blade felt much sharper and moved smoother. I also think I am getting better at the angles and figuring out how to shave more difficult areas. I know I just need more practice.
The biggest discovery I had between my 4th shave and this one was the great importance of stropping. Since I was worried I had rolled my edge or dulled the blade while stropping I read up a lot on stropping technique, watched a few videos. And then I stropped a ton, being very careful to go slow and keep the spine on the strop and not using hardly any pressure. I think focusing more on the stropping really helped my razor and shave.
I think part of the problem is that my strop is super small, 1.75" by 13.2". It is not a bad strop, I just realized I need to do a lot more laps because it is so small. When I eventually buy another strop I will definitely get a wider and longer one!
After this first week, I definitely think I am going to enjoy shaving with a straight. And I think I am picking it up quicker than I did the DE. But then I do already have face prep and lather skills. And some sort of knowledge about blade angle.
Oh yeah, I have my 2nd razor on the way to me. This time a vintage David Issard. I am looking forward to trying it out and comparing sharpness, etc.