About a month and a half ago I got in contact with John (johnmrson) to get myself into straight shaving... He kindly offered me a 5/8 Solingen that he would hone himself prior to sending...
The package arrived a couple of days later, whilst I was in the middle of moving homes. I had also purchased a 2" Filly strop from Rup razor..
2 weeks had gone by and everytime I went to shave, I would come up with an excuse as to why I would stick to using my DE..
Yesterday I finally garnered up the courage to pull out the Solingen... She sat on the counter top in all her glory, tempting me to dare. I wrapped my fingers around her spine, looked up at the mirror as if this was the last time I would see my face and went for it!
The first touch of the cold steel to my face sent shivers down my spine as I begun.. Stop! I could feel the blade tugging.. That didn't feel right at all... I stopped and took a deep breath, made a slight adjustment to the blade angle and continued...
All my Christmas' came at once.. That sweet, sweet sound of my whiskers being mowed down by the Solingen was like music to my ears... I began getting comfortable and was even able to swap hands... Then it happened; She bit and she bit hard... She had taught me a lesson.. When you have an extremely sharp piece of steel at your face be vigilant!
Rinsed off and applyed some Witch hazel and some Proraso balm, cleaned up the Solingen and continued on with my Sunday evening.
All I am certain about, is that I cannot wait to shave again with "Soli"..
Which brings me to the next part of my post; I did 2 WTG passes, Do the straight veterans here, use the same process we use for DE shaving e.g. WTG, XTG & ATG???
I notice I have plenty of stubble after ~24 hours and it will take practice and plenty of patience before I can yield the same results I got with a DE...
Hones and a 3" strop is next on the list, followed by razors (Oh dear just when my AD's were under control!) To say i'm excited right now is an understatement!
The package arrived a couple of days later, whilst I was in the middle of moving homes. I had also purchased a 2" Filly strop from Rup razor..
2 weeks had gone by and everytime I went to shave, I would come up with an excuse as to why I would stick to using my DE..
Yesterday I finally garnered up the courage to pull out the Solingen... She sat on the counter top in all her glory, tempting me to dare. I wrapped my fingers around her spine, looked up at the mirror as if this was the last time I would see my face and went for it!
The first touch of the cold steel to my face sent shivers down my spine as I begun.. Stop! I could feel the blade tugging.. That didn't feel right at all... I stopped and took a deep breath, made a slight adjustment to the blade angle and continued...
All my Christmas' came at once.. That sweet, sweet sound of my whiskers being mowed down by the Solingen was like music to my ears... I began getting comfortable and was even able to swap hands... Then it happened; She bit and she bit hard... She had taught me a lesson.. When you have an extremely sharp piece of steel at your face be vigilant!
Rinsed off and applyed some Witch hazel and some Proraso balm, cleaned up the Solingen and continued on with my Sunday evening.
All I am certain about, is that I cannot wait to shave again with "Soli"..
Which brings me to the next part of my post; I did 2 WTG passes, Do the straight veterans here, use the same process we use for DE shaving e.g. WTG, XTG & ATG???
I notice I have plenty of stubble after ~24 hours and it will take practice and plenty of patience before I can yield the same results I got with a DE...
Hones and a 3" strop is next on the list, followed by razors (Oh dear just when my AD's were under control!) To say i'm excited right now is an understatement!
. Congrats for not giving up. Keep at it. Nicks happen once in awhile...even to experienced users. This sport teaches you to be focused
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