Thread: Lurker stepping out of the closet...

Hey there Larsarus!

Welcome aboard! If you had removed an "r" from your moniker you could've entitled this thread "Stepping out of the grave!"

Another Norwegian?? <g>

Welcome aboard. Sounds like you're off to a great start, and that you've got patience. A very important trait in learning.

For your 'other side of the face' might I suggest holding your razor with your opposite hand. IMO it's not very difficult, and you really only need it along your cheek, since the rest of that side should be visible holding it in your stronger hand.

OT: I love Trondheim. One of my favorite cities in the world. My aunt lives in Levanger, and teaches at the university. My cousin, Stine Pettersen lives in Trondheim and works in the tech field.

Oh and GO Rosenborg!

Originally Posted by bpave777

For your 'other side of the face' might I suggest holding your razor with your opposite hand. IMO it's not very difficult, and you really only need it along your cheek, since the rest of that side should be visible holding it in your stronger hand.

Hmm, that's an idea, at least as more confidence kicks in Will go for that solution...

Originally Posted by bpave777

OT: I love Trondheim. One of my favorite cities in the world. My aunt lives in Levanger, and teaches at the university. My cousin, Stine Pettersen lives in Trondheim and works in the tech field.

Oh and GO Rosenborg!

Cool. I'm a big Rosenborg-fan, season ticket and all When the autumn weather starts getting bad, and Rosenborg starts getting good, and they qualify for UEFA cup or CL, autumn in Trondheim becomes very livable indeed

Don't know your cousin, but I am sure she is very nice

Larsarus

Nice to see another "Norskie" onboard.

Welcome!
The Dovo sounds great but watch your ears with the spike point!

As bpave777 said, switching hands is worth a go. I'm very right handed & would not have dared use the left before it was recommended to me, but if you start slow till you get used to it, it's easy.

Very impressed & slightly in awe of your grasp of a second language!

Originally Posted by ben.mid

Welcome!
The Dovo sounds great but watch your ears with the spike point!

Yes. My sideburns are disappearing fast at the moment - I pray I get the situation under control before I get to the ears...

Today I didn't achieve any progress as far as technique goes - the neck and chin is still really difficult. Attemptet to use my left hand on my left cheek, but got scared and had to use my right instead - not enough confidence yet. I'll just have to be patient for now. On a positive note, I got a feeling of warm/hot lathering today which I though "hey! this was nice" during, and then I read about there being special mugs for this in one of the forums, so that sounds really interesting...

Larsarus

What a great start! I like that you see the disposable items as clutter now. My wet shaving gear must be installation art.

X

Welcome to SRP!
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Let us know if we can be of assistance to you as you begin your journey down the road of straight shaving.

Welcome Larsrus, good to have you. I am new to straight razor shaving as well but what I can tell you is that technique and confidence goes a LONG way. I too had a hard time grasping the required technique - this is not to say that I currently have a flawless technique, as I do not - and because confidence goes hand in hand with technique, it is a matter of time and patience. What helped me in the aforementioned areas was to go slow and build up to the more difficult areas. I tried to "push" the limits of what I had done before. Within a month's time, I was shaving my entire face without much of a problem - I have never cut myself, which I attribute to patience. In all honesty, I find I have a harder time stropping the razor then I do with the actual shaves...haha.

Best of luck Larsrus,

Jay