decent first shave

[ph33nyx]

well...i took the plunge and had my first str8 shave today, and after 40 min i arose from my bathroom with a decent first shave! it was a little tricky getting the nack of holding the razor against my face, but i ended up with no nicks, cuts, or weepers, and just a little irritation. i can still feel a little stubble under my nose and around the chin & neck area, but i presume that's normal for a first timer.
at one point i thought the razor was dragging just a bit, but i attributed that to most likely poor technique (both shaving & stropping).

 

[mdunn]

congrats - you did well for your first time!

 

[OldSchoolYoungin]

That's definitely a success! Don't get too confident, though.

 

[jsrdrnr]

Congrats on your first straight!!!

 

[gumbo]

Great, one more person to compete with my RAD.
I'm thinking I will start discouraging straight shaving now.


/s

Good luck and congrats on your first shave!

 

[citizensoldierny]

Ph33nyx,
Glad it worked out good your first time out. As for the dragging be sure you do good face prep, I had shaves that felt like I used a piece of broken glass when I was done because I had the lather mix wrong, let it get to dry etc..

 

[Luc]

Good work! It gets better... and it's addictive...

 

[r0ckrat]

Good work! It gets better... and it's addictive...

The whole process, as well as the razors themselves...

Hello, my name is Stephen, and I've collected razors...

 

[ShaveAddict]

Good work! It gets better... and it's addictive...

Yeah that's it.
It,s addictive.