So I've done my first three straight shaves. The first one went pretty good and I was excited at how smoothly it went. The second did not go so well. I got ahead of myself. I had huge amounts of razor burn that literally lasted two days. And the shave wasn't even that close. Today, for my third shave, I focused on my pressure, stretching and blade angle, I did two WTG passes, and since it looked like I basically hadn't shaved, I did an XTG pass. But I ended up with more of the same. A fair amount of razor burn, though nowhere near as bad as shave two, and it pretty much looks like I didn't shave.
Am I worrying too soon? Do you have any advice for me? I have no idea if I'm stropping correctly or not, I have no idea how to tell if I've damaged the edge.
I'm using a DOVO Bismarck, which was honed by SRD before being sent, and SRD strop with linen.
Thanks, Ryan
Am I worrying too soon? Do you have any advice for me? I have no idea if I'm stropping correctly or not, I have no idea how to tell if I've damaged the edge.
I'm using a DOVO Bismarck, which was honed by SRD before being sent, and SRD strop with linen.
Thanks, Ryan