Originally Posted by
lostinhk
Wow, just wow.
After rereading your post a few times, how come you didn't stop when half your face was bleeding (just a guess based on the picture)? I have no idea how your felt fine after that shave but raw with the DE later. You are definitely a bigger man than I am to have finished that straight shave.
From my own experience, it looks like the razor just pulled the hairs out. No cutting whatsoever. The razor from SRD will actually shave you but you should still expect to feel raw. The raw feeling is from poor technique. The bleeding was from the dull edge.
I think you need to get a milder DE razor to use while learning the straights. This way you can still shave while your skin continues to heal between straight shaves. It took me 6-7 straight shaves to finally not get that raw feeling.
From reading the forums many times, you will learn not to trust the term 'shave ready' from unknown sellers. You should always test it first before taking it to your face.