2nd and 3rd straight shaves

[JPDyson]

Given my first shave, which was a lot of fun but resulted in a slicing, I decided to go with single-pass shaves only for a while, strictly developing technique and a level of comfort and confidence.

Well, sure enough, I sliced my left cheek on my first pass during shave number two, not too far from the first slice. Dang it! Not that it hurt or bled much, but I was really hoping that it would have gone better. I was presentable and irritation free, so I suppose that was "good enough".

My third straight shave was this morning. I managed a shave which was, yet again, free from irritation but not evenly smooth. What I didn't manage to do was cut myself! I was so very pleased that I was tempted to go for another pass, but decided not to for the sake of teaching myself patience. I did, however, run over one spot a second time because my angle was bad and there was more stubble left over than on other places.

I guess I wonder if it's a reasonable goal to get firstly to the point where a 1-pass shave is evenly smooth before moving onto maybe a 2-pass DFS.

 

[JPM]

It will come along. Keep at it.

 

[cooltide]

fair play to ya
it will all come together over the next few weeks,& you will be shaving with your eyes closed

 

[Luc]

Good work!

 

[dpmtherrien]

Just keep working at it. I'm well into my 3rd month of straight shaving, and things are just starting to come together. What I mean is the confidence and ability are there now. I can usually get through a shave without nicking myself, and the irritation is almost gone. I'll still manage an occasional tiny nick at times, but things are finally starting to resemble my DE shaves, which are always at least DFS or better.