Just finished First Shave!

[mischievous]

Thanks to everyone who gave such important advice! Today was my first shave with a srt8. I followed the advice, did my research, and generally used every educational resource available out there. Then, with some admitted trepidation, I jumped right in! Yes, there's a learning curve, and yes it's a little intimidating. I gave myself some miniscule nicks and some very slight razor burn, but as a whole I am very excited! The shave quality for my first straight razor shave surprised me. I have several challenging areas and a tough beard, but the difference with a str8 is that you have much more feed-back. Like driving, riding, or flying, or any tool, they will tell you what it's doing and what you need to do. I feel my DE gives a more muted feed-back. Kind of like driving a Cadillac vs a Corvette. You can feel the road!
I'm looking forward to tomorrow! Thanks everyone involved!

[jnich67]

Congrats! Keep at it. It only gets better.

Jordan

[mischievous]

With my DE my face was kept wet because the razor retained H20. As you know the str8 doesn't do this. So should I expect my face to dry out? Is this why I had some slight razor burn. If so, how can I fix this problem?

[izlat]

Congrats!

I dip the blade in the sink after I wipe off the lather...

Btw, if you have some burn you may want to give your face a day of rest. Same for cuts that may open up

Cheers
Ivo

[RichZ]

Well done keep at it..