Thread: Have all the gear!! sooooo scared to put that blade to my face!!

Soooooo....it went well, nobody said the styptic pencil would hurt that bad, but all in all it was a great first experience!
Definitely need to get a better lather going, was re-lathering quite a bit, more than usual actually.
Razor was ready to go from larry, so no stropping, went with the 6/8 round point, AoS pre shave oil and lavender shave cream.
Was going to just do my right side burn to jaw, but then found a bit of a stroke...so I continued...tried a couple of left handed strokes...went decent. No tugging or pulling, just able to tell when I didn't have that angle quite right.
Then i moved to the cheeks, obviously everything with the grain, really working on finding that sweet spot angle, nice short strokes, working both hands figuring out how to even see what i'm doing in the mirror.
took my time, was probably shaving for 20 minutes by the time I was done. Finished up the spots I had no Idea how to get to with my usual razor.
Had a few nicks, but, nothing that I would say made it an unsuccessful first try!
went with a witches hazel aftershave.
Asked the Gf if it was a closer shave and she seemed to thing so. Not sure if it was the change in post shave, or the poor technique, but definitely had some razor burn. Either way I am excited for the next shave! did a post shave stropping, and will do a pre shave strop before the next one, lynn sure makes it look easy and I did it with my strop on the bathroom counter top and noticed that if i focused too much on direction I would lose contact with the strop, or vice versa. I like that idea with the news paper, haven't seen that one before!
Thanks for all the tips and ideas that this forum has given!
thought i would have the discipline just to do the one stroke first try, but there was no hope when that first clean pass happened, no hope what so ever!
One of the best parts of my day yesterday thought was in line at the walmart, as I was buying some other shave soaps to give a try and the cashier noticed, turns out her husband is making his own soap and has been a SR user for 4 years so hoping to have found myself a mentor right here at home!
cheers
have a great weekend gents!

Good post noobs and its good to hear that your first experience went well. Its good to hear that you are starting out with both hands right from the get-go. Be careful not to get overconfident my friend... Enjoy and have fun.

What? A styptic pen on freshly cut skin is the best. Gets me going.

Originally Posted by WadePatton

This is not microwave popcorn, this is cooking with fire.

Ha ha, classic.