Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to say how encouraged I was to see the response to my thread no more than a couple of hours ago. I never thought this many people would reply to it. All your comments have been kindly digested and I have to agree upon reflection I was probably way to ambitious and keen to be trying to run before I could crawl.
I guess with with the build up to getting the blade and all the reading and studying I was doing you mentally think you're better than what you actually are. You're absolutely correct in saying "take it slow" so as to build on a very solid technique. Enjoying it and gaining all those very vital muscle memories. To eventually try the "3 pass shave".
I am looking forward to the beginning of a very exciting journey in the lost art of shaving with a straight razor and the beginning to finding new friends at SRP
I hope you all have a very wonderful new year.
Thanks
Jonny