Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
Also a bad idea fora newb to try shaving a 2 week growth. Trim it down first.
Well then! I probably should have waited until today to try my new straight razor for the first time so I could read this advice and not proceed to do exactly that, haha. Oops...

Thanks for all your advice though. I really appreciate it.

Also, a follow-up question I should have asked in the original post: Does practicing on newspaper with my razor run the risk of dulling the edge, or is newspaper too delicate for that?