Introduction and First Shave
My name is Nate, as you can see. I live in the foothills (kinda mountains, kinda not) of North Carolina. I've been lurking around here for awhile and hanging out in the chatroom which is how i obtained my first two razors. I received a Wapienica and DA prehoned from a member here. Yesterday when I received my razors I went and prepped for my first shave. I took a hot shower, made some hot lather, and got ready for my first shave. Everything went well. I shaved my whole face. The chin area was not a very close shave as I would very... careful in that area. I received one cut on my right cheek out of my own stupidity. I was moving the razor back up for another pass and put it down before my upward motion stopped and it slid just a hair and cut a small place on my cheek which bled just a little. I used the DA for that shave. My bay rum AS didn't burn at all.
This morning, i shaved again except I used the wapienica. I used some bay rum shave soap sample, thanks to rob, and make a nice warm lather. I shaved my entire face again. The chin area went a little better this time after talking to some people in the chatroom about shaving that particular region. I nicked myself on my upper lip though. Not really bad, i shaved off a pimple essentially and made it bleed a bit. I also had a too close shave right beside my lips and there are a few little bitty dots that are red and almost bleeding. I used the bay rum AS again and it burned a little beside my lips where the shave was a bit too close.
Overall, I like the weight of the DA but I like the feel and look of the wapienica. They both work great and have let me have 2 shaves of higher than mach 3 quality already. I really have enjoyed straight razor shaving so far and plan to continue. Applying lather is probably the best part :y
Thanks for the advice getting going. I'm happy to have found SRP and learned the right way to straight shave versus going down the cheaper path to Zeepk heaven.
Nate