Hello my name is Jack. Recently my wife purchased me a Straight Razor for my Birthday from the Art of Shaving, a strop, and a "starter kit" which includes a pre shave oil, shaving cream, trail sized badger shaving brush, and after shave balm. Found a channel called the Art of Manliness that had what i felt were good tutorials on how to lather shaving soap, how to strop, and ofc how to shave.

Well I tried it for the first time today, not sure if i stropped it right as I didn't get as close as a shave as I thought i would, prolly not having it at the right angle or just fear of having sharp steel against my neck who knows. Still have decent bit of stubble, but it def feels a lot better that when I have with a boring razor.

Definitely felt really good and was the first time shaving felt... fun I guess.

Any tips or where i should look on this site that is obviously brimming with information (why I'm here), because I definitely would like to continue shaving like this.

Thanks for any help!