Quote Originally Posted by jrudd View Post
Okay, so I shaved this morning after stropping 20 times on the cloth side then roughly 60 on the leather. The shave went great. One pass with the grain, one pass across the grain and one pass against the grain. It felt pretty good until a few minutes after finishing. I had red rough skin on my neck, chin, and at the edges of my mouth. I am glad a I have a full arsenal of post hair removal lotions and oils thanks to the wife but I should have to use it. I am starting to feel like I am a teenager just learning to shave.
Classic "too much - too soon" results, and we have all been there.

The irritation is most likely a combination of too much pressure - one of the harder things to get a handle after using carts - and too many passes (with too much pressure)

But if you have not bled out by now, this is going to be easy to fix.
Give yourself a break for a day or two if you can to let the face heal/recover.
And when you do shave, think; "comfort is King" and "only enough pressure to remove the lather"

Conventional wisdom (whatever that is) is to start with the WTG pass and follow up with a DE when you are starting out - adding passes (XTG, ATG) in stages.

Comfort first, closeness and speed will come along shortly...