Thread: Already hooked

welcome to srp sounds like you got bit by the srt8 bug. dward is right there are several factors that can effect how long the blade stays sharp with thick hair you may want to strop in between passes. you can shave one handed or two i started using one hand and forced my non dominate hand to learn, now its second nature i use the same hand on the side i am shaving on and stretch with the other hand youtube has some good and bad videos on shaving. here is one with lynn.
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Welcome to SRP,
I have about two months under my belt & loving every moment. I found for my self the hardest thing to learn was how to hold the razor. It took my first month to figure out I hold it several way's to get "my" best shave. I would recommend checking out all the great straight razor videos on you tube & watch how the different people hold it. You'll see there all a little different.

Welcome to SRP ! Check out the Wiki and read through the various forums. It gets better and better. BTW, if you can shave with either hand you have me beat already.

So you want to shave a couple of times a day? Happens to a lot of us when we start. Don’t worry, it will pass, just means you are having fun. Unless it does not pass, then just don’t scrape your face raw.. Many of us find that every other day gives the best shave, so if you get a heavy beard quickly it may now be a plus. Just shave the big, easy, not curving patches of your kisser now. Learn what the blade feels like when it is shearing you clean. Listen to what it sounds like. You will need those reference markers as you move onto harder places like your chin and (heaven forbid) your upper lip. Know what it feels like as the blade is digging into your skin. Get in the habit of backing off completely as it is happening! Your razor will lose it’s fine edge like other blades, but that is why you strop, not only at the beginning of a shave, but as often as needed during each shave. As you start to learn all this stuff, one side of your face may definitely be easier to shave, ditto for one hand verses the other. Some guys shave exclusively with the same hand and there is nothing wrong with that if you choose. However my take on it is that to get the best smoothness possible, there are some angles that you have to approach from one hand/side or the other just because the joints of the body can only bend or reach so much. Getting to the point of using both hands will feel quite awkward for quite some time, and that is if you force yourself to keep trying. Don’t’ do it right now, but eventually you will probably wonder about it. You have a lot of foundation skills to build at this point, but you will have a good time.