Thread: N00bs First Shave....Almost

First question, is your razor professionally honed yet or did you try shaving with it out of the box? If it is honed properly, then that should not pose an issue. Second, by looking at your lather/shave mug, it seems a bit small in amount of lather and it looks thick /sticky to me. The amount of cream in the first pic looks right. Try adding small amounts of water as you build the lather. Remember, a good lather sometimes can take up to 5 minutes to build. As far as how it should feel, you should not experience pulling or tugging, but the razor does not quite glide though. Especially with a course beard. Like Mike said, try shorter strokes on your first pass and you will be able to do longer strokes on your second pass. Keep reading up on lather, shaving , stropping here in the wiki. Do not try and shave your whole face until you get comfortable with the blade. Especially if it is not sharp enough. You will end up with a nice razor burn/irritation if that is the case. Keep at it bro and enjoy the whole shaving/lather building process! Jeremy-