Hehe, I practiced with a butter knife, too.
Hehe, I practiced with a butter knife, too.
my frist rozor was a gift in a box of many old things and gathered dust in my shop for 2 years untill one day saw and thought ill clean this thing up. and then sharpened it on a stone spine off the stone like a knife and stroped it on my tormex needless to say my frist adventure into a straight razor shave was less that bbs.:gaah:
Shaving with hangover. Nuff said.
That made me laugh xman!
- practising on my legs: a face is a different thing altogether. Moreover: it made me look ridiculously bald legged.
- having people stand around, anxious to see how my first shave went.
- going for a BBS straight away and ending up red as a beetroot.
Don't have a couple of drinks then shave before you go out Friday night.:nono:
i did way more than 10 mistakes, but i don't think if they're all major
1. dropped my razor promptly upon arrival
2. spent too much time looking at razors - caught a rad
3. left my best and most rare razor in the bathroom when a friend was visiting - found a nick later on which i'm pretty sure he put on it
....
1 Tried to shave in a hurry (with a shavette) before going out.. cut my chin and bled all evening.
2 Tried to learn to hone razors with a wedge..
3 Dinged a razor on a cabinet door
4 Dinged the razor again while honing another razor (left the razor open )
5 and I dinged the razor again...
6 bought a Puma with quite some chips out of it and cracked scales (all worked out fine in the end)
7 bought a loom strop to start with.
8 bought a hanging strop without a canvas/linnen side..
9 thought the back of the hone was slate and not BBW so bought another BBW and than found out I already had one..
10 should have started to shave with a straight at least 15 years ago..all those great shaves wasted...