First shave, advice needed
I finally did it. I have been using a DE for the past year or so. I recently bought 2 straights. 1 is a Shumate that I honed on a very slow cutting stone, and 1 is a shave ready Boker King Cutter. Of course, I had to start out with the Shumate bc I honed it.....made a WTG pass on my right cheek and it hardly cut any of my 1 day stubble, so I then tried the Boker, which did the pretty much the same thing. I then proceeded with the Boker which cut down the hair on the right side of my neck decently, the Shumate cut a little off of the left side, but the Boker did better. I didn't get any nicks or cuts until I hit the chin area where I culdn't cut through any of the hair, so I got a little sloppy and got a couple bleeders.
My prep was good, as I did my normal routine of showering, washing my beard with hot soapy water and then applying MB soap for a couple minutes while I stropped the 2 razors.
My main question is this: do I need to apply pressure when using a straight? I've become so used to DE's that I was trying to let the razor do all the work.
P.S. I had to finish up with my Merkur 38C to clean up all the missed areas.