Thread: Scary First Time Straight Shave

Finished cleaning up my Shumate 135 earlier today and took it through the stones (1k, 4k & 8k) this evening.
30 laps on the linen, 50 laps on each side of the leather and studied the edge with a 16x loupe. A couple of pits
remain in the edge, but overall it looks good and smooth. Curiousity got the better of me and I couldn't wait
until morning for the test shave. Hot towel prep. Vintage Colgate lather applied with a Van der Hagen boar brush.
Couple of small nicks, need to figure how to trim around the van dyke. All in all, scary..., but what a thrill!


Not a BBS shave by no means. In fact, the left side of my neck is still furry, hahaha!