Thread: First Shave...Illustrated

Getting better, but having to shave around the wounds now. This pay day, I splurged for a Tony Miller original and georgetown scuttle woo hoo!

Congratulations!

It only gets better after this. After abiut 10 shaves or so you will get a lot more confidence.

My face looked a lot worse when I started.

You will find as you go along you face gets used to straight shave (but you find your 'happy medium' with your razor as well).

Take care,


mudo_koshaka

Macaulay Culkin would be proud!

Definetely a nice model for your first razor.

very nice
no wonder old spice felt different with such a close shave... you're young your skin will forgive you
remember - light touch, beard reduction not elimination, 30-is degree angle, the closeness will come with time

enjoy

I just bought my first straight today from the classifieds. Now I have to get a strop and learn to use that. Can't wait to give the razor it's first shot at my face. I suspect that this will take some learning!!

Dan

I believe I've had 4 shaves so far, one without injury.

That VHD (?) brush can use replacing. Even by boar brush standards it's quite bad.
Good results on the first shave, having gotten the blade from Lynn was a huge help.

It's a Wal-Mart brush. Yep, it sucks plain and simple. I'm buying quality replacements every pay-day. Like last week, I ordered a the scuttle and TM strop. Next week it's a brush, then after that soaps and other expendables.

I was just making it known I had the brush, really. Thing shed tons of boar hair on me.
I sometimes like boar hair brushes, so by no means am I downing those.
I softened up a cheap tiny boar brush from Crabtree and Evelyn with hair condition and by holding the bristles bent down with a cap of sorts, and love the Proraso Omega boar brush (got it from target).
The Proraso wreaked of dead boar.

I'm going to go down to Target this evening and see what kinds of shaving things they have. Thanks for the tip.