Turns out I'm a natural. Ambidextrous. Was able to use both hands like I been doing it all my life.
Part of that is because I was a boxer and trained to fight southpaw and conventional and switched when needed or saw a technical flaw.
Also trained to cast left handed for bass fishing. Write with a pen left handed. And a number of other things. I shoot pool lefty too.
For my first straight razor shave, it's not bad at all. It is BBS. I did cut myself one time. A small nick. So yeah there was blood.
I have one weeper on my neck. Other than that, it went much better than I thought.
The experience was far different from a double edge razor. The audible feedback was amazing.
The way the straight razor handled my jaw line was amazing. One pass where it would normally take two.
Getting around the chin was different, but its a hard spot for me even with a DE razor.
At first I wasn't using the correct blade angle. But when I figured that out, it was game ON.
I'm certain the next shave will be even better. But I probably don't have to do that again for a couple days because the shave is super close.
There is something different about straight razor shaving. It's alluring. I wouldn't say it's better than Safety razor shaving but it's different. More real. There is some strange gratification. As to the razors themselves, I'm of the opinion that there is no safety razor out there as beautiful and precise as some of the finer straight razors and there never will be. Hard to explain this experience. Today I shaved with one of the finest razors I've ever seen.
After I was done, I took a jewelers connoisseur cloth, dried it inside the scales and out, polished it up and just marveled at it for a minute or two and slipped her back in the suede pouch. I do not know if I'll ever use a double edge razor again. It was that good.
You straight razor guys were right.
Be well fellas,
S.A.
Part of that is because I was a boxer and trained to fight southpaw and conventional and switched when needed or saw a technical flaw.
Also trained to cast left handed for bass fishing. Write with a pen left handed. And a number of other things. I shoot pool lefty too.
For my first straight razor shave, it's not bad at all. It is BBS. I did cut myself one time. A small nick. So yeah there was blood.
I have one weeper on my neck. Other than that, it went much better than I thought.
The experience was far different from a double edge razor. The audible feedback was amazing.
The way the straight razor handled my jaw line was amazing. One pass where it would normally take two.
Getting around the chin was different, but its a hard spot for me even with a DE razor.
At first I wasn't using the correct blade angle. But when I figured that out, it was game ON.
I'm certain the next shave will be even better. But I probably don't have to do that again for a couple days because the shave is super close.
There is something different about straight razor shaving. It's alluring. I wouldn't say it's better than Safety razor shaving but it's different. More real. There is some strange gratification. As to the razors themselves, I'm of the opinion that there is no safety razor out there as beautiful and precise as some of the finer straight razors and there never will be. Hard to explain this experience. Today I shaved with one of the finest razors I've ever seen.
After I was done, I took a jewelers connoisseur cloth, dried it inside the scales and out, polished it up and just marveled at it for a minute or two and slipped her back in the suede pouch. I do not know if I'll ever use a double edge razor again. It was that good.
You straight razor guys were right.
Be well fellas,
S.A.
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