Thread: the fist shave

Hi guys,

just had my first partial SR shave.
To be honest, I postponed it a bit, a few days ago I ended up in the cut of the day thread.
And of course, got a bit scared. I've been waiting 3 days, every saying, there's not enough time.
But today I gathered my courage and went for it.
I have a Dovo 5/8 silversteel,Proraso and use a mid-class badger brus.
Ok maybe a bit more than mid-class, wanted something decent to start with but nothing too expensive, a Hans Baier.

For me it was a very odd expercience. Trying to find the right angle, not so easy as it looks.
Of course a cut, but that's my fault, overconfident after the first strokes...
Next time, I'll be more careful. Pain is a good teacher, hope it will be my last lesson...
I've tried to a few strokes with my left hand, but I don't think it will be my cup of tea.

My angle wasn't all good either, in my opinion there was to much of a scraping noise. So another thing to pay extra attention to.
Despite those little issues, I can say I'm rather satisfied with this first try.

The only minor point at the moment is the stinging of my skin. But I've read on the forum, it's a common thing when you start shaving with a straight razor. I've put on some Nivea sensitive skin aftershave balm, that's all I can do, I assume.

I'll update this post after the next shave and so on, until I feel a bit more confident that everything is more or less as it should be.

Any remark or suggestions are more than welcome.


Yves