Thread: Shave of the Day for Newbies

As I'm a newbie and want to share shaving experience with fellow newbs (the good the bad and the ugly)
I thought it would be a good Idea to start a shave of the day for newbies.

Think this would be the place for it..

My shave yesterday was pretty decent..
I'm getting better at the chin and felt that the right half of my upperlip was BBS! along with the cheeks and neck.. we are getting somewhere..
I shaved in the evening after taking a shower... I was tired and the shave was pretty relaxing..when I was almost finished I managed to nick myself on the adams apple..but not too bad.

vergulde hand soap bar
vergulde hand brush
dovo shavette with feather blade
sanex Aftershave Balm

I think a "Shave of the Day for Newbies" is an awesome idea. Celebrating the little shaving victories of with the straight razor is a great way to support each other just starting out. I know when I had my first entire face straight shave I felt amazing! But I didn't want to post that in "Shave of the Day" since it wasn't close to the caliber of the shaves that the veterans were getting. Definitely a good sub-forum idea

Dave

P.S. It sounds like you're on the right track with shaving as well, congrats.

Gillette fusion again.

Can't wait for my stuff to come, the mail is way too slow.

There's no reason not to post in the actual shave of the day section. None of us would discriminate against the newbies; it's always nice to see what others are doing.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

There's no reason not to post in the actual shave of the day section. None of us would discriminate against the newbies; it's always nice to see what others are doing.

+1
Thanks Holli, I was going to say the same thing.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

There's no reason not to post in the actual shave of the day section. None of us would discriminate against the newbies; it's always nice to see what others are doing.

As a newbe I find that I spent most of my straightrazorplace time in the newbies corner..not that I dont dare to post in the SOTD forum.. but just that I like to see and share the progress, problems (and the solutions) and results of fellow newbies..and thats just exactly the info I didnt find there..

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

There's no reason not to post in the actual shave of the day section. None of us would discriminate against the newbies; it's always nice to see what others are doing.

HUGE +1 here
Also the SOTD is a great source of info for new guys as well, you get to see what everyone is actually using on a daily basis.....

And some cool pics as well

Originally Posted by gssixgun

HUGE +1 here
Also the SOTD is a great source of info for new guys as well, you get to see what everyone is actually using on a daily basis.....

And some cool pics as well

Ok .... maybe its better to close this thread then and promote newbies like me to start posting in the SOTD (because I do think a lot of us newbies dont)

I sure like the pics and I'll make some as well (yeahaaa canon 5D in the bathroom.....splash...ooops )..

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.