Thread: 10 major mistakes made by a "greenhorn" in the first 3 months :):)

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.

Originally Posted by xman

Stropping to vigorously was my only real problem. Knocked the edge off a few razors that way. I had been envisioning the shave with a straight razor and practicing with butter knives for weeks in advance so the shave itself all worked out in my favour.

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Now why didn't I think of that? Got my razor from Kenrup in today but still waiting on the rest of my gear, so I'm using your idea of a butterknife till then! Thanks!

Shaving with hangover. Nuff said.

Originally Posted by Del1r1um

I've got a good one... I shaved twice with a zeepk I got as a present oh the shame

I did the same thing once. But it turned out great. Only two units of blood and a d@#$m good plastic surgeon! The next time wasn't much better till I bought a shave ready Dovo from Classic.

Originally Posted by Ian1974

Now why didn't I think of that? Got my razor from Kenrup in today but still waiting on the rest of my gear, so I'm using your idea of a butterknife till then! Thanks!

heh ...

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.

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...