I was several weeks in before I even attempted to do my chin
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I was several weeks in before I even attempted to do my chin
were you using any pressure? if the angle is good and edge was good and your skin tight, then it sounds like it may be pressure applied. A good edge should mow down hair with light contact with the skin. Good technique is learned in time...
The first few months I started with my SR, a friend at work kept joking that he was going to take up a collection to buy me a disposable razor. I looked like i lost a fight with a cat nearly every morning.
It was discouraging and I thought i was following all the great advice i got here, but later realized I had the angle wrong, didn't always stretch my skin, and was using way too much pressure. Other than that I was doing it perfectly.
Eventually it started to click. I can still cut myself from time to time, but now it's not a little cat scratch -- more of an ax wound, when I shave distracted. Don't do that.
So, it gets a little bit better. #5...lighter touch, better angle, tighter skin = fewer nicks. I find myself tied up in knots trying to figure out how the hell to make the next stroke:hmmm: So much different than the DE, at least for me now, each move on the chessboard has to be contemplated to get that successful pass. So many angles and the blade is to damn straight. Lol. Damn straight!
BTW I have discovered "Chimensch" and he's my new hero.
Yup, just take your time and make haste slowly. It will all eventually come together. Give yourself about 3months/100 shaves for that to happen. Enjoy the ride.
Bob