First Shave...no stitches
I've been playing with my razor and strop for a couple days now: Stropping, testing the blade on my forearm. My technique is getting better, and I have very little arm hair left, so this morning decided to try a couple of passes with my SR during my morning shave. Like Lynn's article and video suggested, I just did a single pass on the side burns area, to the jawline, then finished everything else up with my DE.
Anyway, went pretty well. No razor burn or other abrasions, and shaved pretty close without having to apply any pressure. It's going to be a learning curve, but there is a simple satisfaction in learning something new, especially when it's an 'old' skill that my grandfather did every day.
Jeff