and this is my story.,....
first I just want to say how great this site is. I came across this sight watching lynn abrams on google videos.

well to make a long story short, back in March i was vacationing with my family in Honduras and I came across a shop that sold Dovo razors. So I thought it would be a cool idea to buy one for me and my two boys. My boys are 10 and 8 but i will save it for them when the time to shave comes. (dont worry it is in a safe place) i figure i could get enough practice in so i could teach them

I have always hated shaving with me nolreco so I decided to make the switch.

Well I have no clue what I was doing because the first day i tried to use the razor i bought it tore me face up. I mean i was extremely raw and I hardly cut any stubble off of my face. so it looked like a just had some weird rash on my unshaven face.

FYI-i do have the pre-oil, then fancy cream, and the badger brush

so I thought to myself---"what happened"

well I go to my barber and he tells me that most of those razors are not shave ready so I lend it to him to so he can sharpen it for me and tells me not to try anything for a couple of days and lends me one of his razors.

Well this razor, which was Thiers-Issard, was sharp. about 2 days after not shaving i tried this razor and it got alot of stubble off. I shaved in the direction of the hair growth but since this was my first time i cut myself pretty good in two place. (one I think is going to leave a scar about 1/4 of an inch on my face--i really dont know how it happened but it has been about a month now and i am still healing. **if anyone has any tips on how to help with deep cuts on the face please let me know***)

so I go return the "death blade" to my barber and he gives me mine honed and ready for use. Well i tried it yesterday and it cut ok but not as good as the one my barber lent me.

I feel a lil raw still probably because since i could not get a good shave goingwith the flow of the beard i decided to go against the grain----i gave myself lil nicks everywhere but no major bleeding... or future scars lol

i just feel that i am doing something wrong---i bought all the "quality" stuff at the store and i do not know why i am not shaving as easily as all those people on the shaving tutorial videos on the web

please help

thanks

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