Thread: N00bs First Shave....Almost

Originally Posted by Bivouhac

I guess the whole question is, what is the feeling of the razor going though the whiskers? should it just glide though?

Another Important note is that I did not strop... horrible I know.. I was too anxious to try my razor out and I don't have a strop for another week or so..It's in the mail.

I will try to answer these two for you, The razor really doesn not slide right through your beard, at least it doesnt for me. I did exactly what you did my forst time around, I also did not have a strop .

You definitly need to strop before you shave or at least have the razor stropped before your next shave. Hope this makes sense.I find that I take short strokes with the razor , you will hear some noise like buttering toast , this is normal. On my second time around when I relather I can go with a longer stroke and the blade then seems to slide better.