Thread: Worst shave I ever had

One big thing for me was starting out just shaving the easy parts on the sides of my face. Once I was getting good results and my confidence went up, I started shaving the rest. Hang in there!

It sounds like you need to step back a little bit. I would recommend that you limit yourself to shaving the sides of your face with your Dovo (sideburn to jaw line) until you have the feel for a straight doing its work. Try different angles ranging from almost flat to slightly over 30 degrees and you will see the difference that the angle of attack makes to the perceived sharpness of the razor and the quality of the shave. I would leave the goatee area alone for a while (shave it with whatever you normally use) as that part of the face is tough to get right at first. Good luck, and let us know how you are doing.

When I switched over to str8s,I shaved all the easy areas with the str8 and shaved the harder areas with a DE.Little by little as I got my angle down I would shave a little more around my problem areas till it became easy and put my DE away.Dont be in such a hurry to slit your throat.Take your time.You'll come around.