A couple questions - first shaves with a straight
Hi everyone. I'm a 21 who's venturing into straight razor shaving. I dropped disposables as I have a tough beard they just won't manage to cut, and multiple blades tend to give me some serious burns and ingrown hair. I bought a Sanguine shavette which feels quite nice, Wilkinson blades, a boar brush, Prep (an Italian brand similar to Proraso) shaving soap, and I'm planning to practice shaving with this stuff until I can choose and get some serious shaving gear.
I had two shaves so far. No cuts, just a couple scratches and some burn. I can imagine it takes practice, but I'm already satisfied with the shave I managed to get, much closer than the ones I was used to. And I realized I have a very skinny face : I can't manage to stretch the neck enough to get a smooth cut under the jawline, and my chin is giving me some trouble too, it's too fleshy to get stretched enough for a smooth shave. My beard tends to grow sideways and this makes it even more troublesome.
Any tips about this?
And how do I dry the brush? I flicked it a couple times, then patted the bristles on a towel and managed to hang it downwards. Is that ok?
Thanks a lot guys. Long live to the old way of doing things.