Yesterday, my new Dovo Special from Classic Shaving arrived from honing at Lynn's, and today was my first shave. I did a creditable first try, managing not to nick myself and getting most of my face more closely shaved than ever before. The chin, of course was somewhat rough--that'll take waaaay more practice--but my cheeks and throat were almost baby smooth after two passes. I struggled at first to get the angles right, but found that if I let the razor lead, I could follow.

By the by: I did the first pass with just Truefitt 1805 shave cream, and the second with a layer of Taylor's pre-shave balm. The Taylor's appreciably smoothed out the razor's glide.

Lynn did a great job on the honing.