Well I did it...I am not sure just how successful it was. I received my first straight razor today. It was given to me for free amd shave ready by a member of this website. Goes to show you all what a great bunch of people we have on here.

Any how I shaved my right side of my cheek. From the sideburn down. I was a nervous wreck at first. The hardest part was trying to maintain the 30 deg angle need to cut the whiskers. I wanted to shave some areas but I was noticing that I was dragging the blade and not shaving. So time to catch a break and breath. done for the night.

At first I didn't think I cut any whiskers off. I noticed now that I did. My face is smooth but sore, shaving balm did help a lot. I did notice also the clean but sore smoothness it created on the skin.

I can see this is going to be a slowlearning curve. I guess as I tell people learning something new a little but often works the best. For shaving a small area often will do best.

I will keep you in touch as I do more. Time to put more shaving balm on.

Goodnight.