Hello All,

I'm very new to straight razor shaving. Glad to be here among the masters and fellow newbies. My gears are on the way, they are a 5/8 Dovo Special Imititation Tortoise (honed by Lynn), the practice Filly strop from Ken, Proraso preshave cream, Tabac soap, and a badger from Art of Shaving. I've been trying to compile as much information as possible from the posts here, but I am still unsure about some details, as though I'm losing the clear picture of the step-by-step routines for daily shave.

I thought it would be great to start a thread containing what people actually do daily in the step-by-step format. Perhaps the format could be something like this?

GEAR:
Razor(s):
Strop(s):
Hones:
Soap/Cream:
etc.

PRESHAVE:
1. (Which strops do you use, how many passes for each strop, how do you break in your razors before shaving daily, if by hand-rubbing, how many times)
2. (Lathering technique)
3. etc.

SHAVE:
1. (Which part of the face you begin with)
2. (Do you rinse your razor with water while shaving? Do you wipe it out?)
3. etc.

POST-SHAVE
1. (Post-shave stropping? Using which strops? How many times)
2. (How do you dry and store your razor)
3. etc.

A newbie like me would be very much benefited from knowing and understanding the daily shaving procedure from many different people with different rationale. If this sounds good, perhaps later we can create threads for strop maintenance, honing, etc. in the similar format.

Thanks a bunch for your help, folks!