Congrats on your shave! Glad to hear you are making such great progress. You are doing much better than I did when I first started out shaving.
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Congrats on your shave! Glad to hear you are making such great progress. You are doing much better than I did when I first started out shaving.
I just had my first shave, awesome feeling!
Dovo 5/8 razor, right out off the box, it passed HHT after some stropping, so I figured I'd give it a try.
Pure badger Col Conk brush
Col conk soap (don't know which, but it smelled good)
Gillette aftershave (with alcohol in it :(
About 100 draws on each side of the strop.
The bathroom fan made it hard to hear anything, maybe a good idea to strop in a quiet place the next time.
A nice and thick lather.
Did the sides of my face first, then I just did the rest, only tricky parts was under my nose and the tip of my chin.
I ended up with a shave about as good as one pass with a Mach3. I got a small (2mm) nick on the left side of my mouth and some pink spots in the chin area. Not any worse than a Mach3.
The worst part was to apply the aftershave, it burnt like crazy!
All in all I am happy with it.