First straight shave!

[Stinkis]

Yesterday was my first shave with a straight razor. After a lot of searching I finally found a guy in Sweden who can hone and yesterday my two newly honed straights came in the mail.

I did my regular prep and got cracking. I went slow and careful, so slow in fact that I had to remake my lather a few times. But after abot an hour or so I stepped out of the bathroom with a sub par shave and a grin on my face.

I had survived my first straight razor shave! A lot of stubble still left, but I had reduced 3 days growth to something that looked more like 1 days worth of stubble. Even better was that I just had one weeper and that one was from some acne that got in the way of the edge.

I am definetly sold on this! The sense of accomplishment from just surviving the first shave was just great and I can just imagine the satisfaction you can get from a DFS or the elusive BBS.

So, basically this is me signing up for this part of the forums and for few months of crappy shaves!

Cheers

 

[dpmtherrien]

Congrats on #1. Don't worry, each shave will get better and better. Just don't get over confident after a few shaves. I found that that's what I did, and then the nicks and cuts showed up all the time. I backed off and things settled down. Now after a couple of months the shaves are really decent.

It is quite a long learning curve though, and I'm still on it, though nearing its end, I think, at least I hope.

 

[Alacrity59]

Good stuff. Head still on? Check. Not too much pain? Check. Success? Check

 

[JPM]

Congrats! And so the journey begins.

 

[alabamalawyer]

Congrats on the first step. You'll be surprised at how many lessons a straight will teach you. Some of the ones I learned are:
1) The bottom of my ear lobe can disappear in shaving cream. Amazingly, I can find it with a square point pretty easily.
2) Pausing with the edge of the blade on your skin to think about your angle is not a good idea. However, the little scratch will usually heal in a day or so.
3) You really must pay attention. Chatting with the wife while shaving with a straight isn't a good idea.

 

[Stinkis]

Thanks for the kind words. I am in for quite a ride with this I feel.

Good stuff. Head still on? Check. Not too much pain? Check. Success? Check

Still alive after 3 shaves? Check!

Congrats on the first step. You'll be surprised at how many lessons a straight will teach you. Some of the ones I learned are:
1) The bottom of my ear lobe can disappear in shaving cream. Amazingly, I can find it with a square point pretty easily.
2) Pausing with the edge of the blade on your skin to think about your angle is not a good idea. However, the little scratch will usually heal in a day or so.
3) You really must pay attention. Chatting with the wife while shaving with a straight isn't a good idea.

I will keep these things in mind, I guess that I will probably learn them the hard way one day but I can atleast try to porspone that day!

Yesterday was my 3rd shave. I have been going a bit more aggressive with the 2nd and 3rd shave since I need to look semi presentable at work.

Yesterday I recieved my coticule that I ordered from italy. After a few hours I managed to get a quite decent edge that passed HHT and didn't pull my face off.

Sheers

 

[Luc]

Good work! It takes time but if you take this slowly and don't expect the best shave of the world each time, it will be awesome!!

 

[SRock]

Congrats on #1, it will get better every time!