Thread: My First Shave....Ow!!

First, I wholehartedly agree with what everyone else said. Wait for the shave ready razor. Otherwise you don't really know what shave ready feels like.

Second, your first few shaves might not be that great, even with a shave ready razor. On my first two or three shaves, with a shave ready razor from JoshEarl, I experienced quite a bit of pulling. I was sure I had smegged up my razor's edge with poor stropping. Part of my "problem" was just getting used of a much wider blade than I had been using. Part of it was poor stropping technique, but apparently I hadn't actually damaged my blade. I was trying to be so careful to not use too much pressure the ferst few times I stropped my razor that I was actually not stropping enough. And part was poor shaving technique. Since then each shave has been getting better and better.

Try shaving with a shave ready razor and take it slow. Once things are going well with a razor you know to be shave ready you will be able to do a much better job of evaluating the blade on the razor you're trying to hone.