one shave down. no blood :) not sure if bad technique or too long of hair :(
So I have been shaving with a snapped DE shavette for a couple of months now and I just completed my first legit straight razor shave.
I wanted to see how close it shaved so I skipped a day and had a little more scruff than usual. My first pass was....suboptimal in the comfort department and seemed to barely reduce the scruff. I think my angle was way off. but I kept going with XTG for the second pass. that got a little more comfortable and then back to WTG. BINGO! ended up with a 5 pass shave(My AAS let me know that was too much:nono:.) latter passes seemed much better comfort wise and reduction as well.
Does having longer hairs change the feel of a shave or was that just being my first go with a straight?