OK... my right biceps tendon tear surgery has healed enough such that I felt I had enough range of motion to attempt my first DE shave tonight... (in case anyone is at all interested.) Anyway...
Bottom line: Though it wasn't the closest/best shave ever... the results are better than the best shave with the electric razor over the past few weeks.
I used TOOBS sandalwood soap, a semogue 630 brush, EJ De89, and a Shark super chrome blade from my initial sampler kit. Didn't go for the BBS first time out per advice I've seen on this forum, but rather started out intending to do 2 passes WTG & stopping. When I was done, however, there was still quite a bit of stubble (prob. about the same as a decent electric razor shave. I was actively thinking about just keeping contact with my skin, applying no extra pressure, and letting the razor's weight do the work. Considering that, I'm guessing I didn't have the razor at the proper angle.) I still had some lather left & no irritation, so I opted for a cautious XTG pass. That cleaned up things nicely, but with some slight irritation in a few places (nothing major; possibly due to the little/thin lather I had left.) A few spots remained for clean up.
Thought I had plenty of lather at first, but was running thin on my XTG/spot clean up passes. Not certain if I didn't load up enough (1 min), or whip it up enough (2-3 min.), didn't add enough water, etc.
Felt some tugging, but hesitate to blame the blades as it could very well have been my novice technique. Planning to use the same blade for at least 3 shaves and am hoping my technique improves quickly enough so I can tell if the blade is wearing.
Alum stick yielded no burning ==> I probably did something right as I got a decent shave (CCS) without any nicks/cuts the first time out.
Took a while - prob 20-30 minutes. Hoping that time decreases as my skill/ comfort w/ a DE razor improves.
Arm healed enough for first DE shave.
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