After a busy day at work I have come home to try out my first straight.
So I got my brush soaking and stepped into the shower. I havnt shaved for about 3 days as I have been waiting to test drive this razor but I have been doing over time at work and havn't felt like I have the concentration to try it out, as everyones advice has been to take my time but it would have been rushed which equal problems.
So having as much time as I wanted I cracked on with making the lather, applied it to my face and oicked up the razor. Im not going to lie, I was pretty nervous.
To start I practiced, again, on how to hold the razor.
I started on my cheeks, this is going well, then on my lips, getting harder, then the chin, even harder. Wow this is really difficult. I dont know if its the fact that I had a few days growth or maybe it was the angle but in some areas the blade struggled to cut?
I did a second pass across the grain which was a little easier and then a third against. There were a lot of patches that I simply couldn't get so I broke out the DE and finished up with that.
For my first shave it went okay, only one nick. Not the closet shave apart from my cheeks, they are silky smooth.
Even the stropping was tricky, I have read countless times about nicking the strop or rolling on the edge of the blade, thinking to myself surely thats not going to happen. Well I didnt nick it but I did catch the edge on the lesther, tricky stuff.
Now I under stand why people call this an art form , it really is going to take me a while to learn the skills and progress but Im excited about it and cant wait for the next shave.
Cheers for the advice that I have found here and thanks for the strop jodypress.
So I got my brush soaking and stepped into the shower. I havnt shaved for about 3 days as I have been waiting to test drive this razor but I have been doing over time at work and havn't felt like I have the concentration to try it out, as everyones advice has been to take my time but it would have been rushed which equal problems.
So having as much time as I wanted I cracked on with making the lather, applied it to my face and oicked up the razor. Im not going to lie, I was pretty nervous.
To start I practiced, again, on how to hold the razor.
I started on my cheeks, this is going well, then on my lips, getting harder, then the chin, even harder. Wow this is really difficult. I dont know if its the fact that I had a few days growth or maybe it was the angle but in some areas the blade struggled to cut?
I did a second pass across the grain which was a little easier and then a third against. There were a lot of patches that I simply couldn't get so I broke out the DE and finished up with that.
For my first shave it went okay, only one nick. Not the closet shave apart from my cheeks, they are silky smooth.
Even the stropping was tricky, I have read countless times about nicking the strop or rolling on the edge of the blade, thinking to myself surely thats not going to happen. Well I didnt nick it but I did catch the edge on the lesther, tricky stuff.
Now I under stand why people call this an art form , it really is going to take me a while to learn the skills and progress but Im excited about it and cant wait for the next shave.
Cheers for the advice that I have found here and thanks for the strop jodypress.
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