Thread: first shave aftermath

Practice! Its been said. Very low angle and no pressure is the biggest issue when starting. Wait 2 or 3 days and get a good look at your whisker direction. Shave with the grain. Those pics Outback showed show you what can be done. But not right away. Those take time to learn. Work on more up and down but closer to with the grain as possible. And dont worry about BBS. Good luck and keep at it. It gets better i promise.

Planeden really beat me to it. I was going to point out that it is natural to try to use the length of the blade to shave with, at least it was for me. Over time you find the tight spots are best reached by using just one end of the blade. I use the toe on my neck except for along the jaw and chin where I use the heel. I have a spot under my jaw where I have a scar and it is next to impossible to get. After years and years I found I can turn the blade toe towards the floor and use just the very toe to shave upside down toward the chin. It is very awkward and I still cut myself sometimes but not as much.
Moral is it just takes time. Also don't over shave trying to get it all. At first I felt like I had failed if there was stubble left so I would continue to go over and over it in the wrong direction and probably use too much pressure. There's no shame in using a DE to clean up at first. In fact some people who have been straight shaving for decades still do.