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

Seems like everybody have an own "learning curve"
What about sharing your own mistakes
funny as well as serious
maybe some stories "never again"

Well the 1st one I can think of was cutting my strop. Glad I was using the TM practice.
2nd mistake that took some time to fix was WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE.
3rd I guess was not making great lather.

As some have said here before, "it all gets better with time"
I am now able to shave my chin in all directions, something I thought would never be possible. Funny thing is, I don't even know why I can do it now.

HAPPY SHAVING, ALL.

Mark

Perhaps the biggest mistake you can make is expecting too much too soon.

complacency, and losing track of a spike point...

gash -- not cut.

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

First mistake: jumping in without reading how to properly do it first.
Second mistake: using wet fingers with a razor and dropping it after my first ever straight razor shave.
Third mistake: sharpening my razor with the sharpening steel that I use for kitchen knives (ok, I'm just joking about that one, but there just HAS to be someone out there that has done that )
Fourth mistake: telling my wife how much this stuff costs (DON'T DO THAT, I'm telling you. The couch is a terrible place to spend the night).

1. Read the other forum instead of this one.
2. Bought a 4/8 full hollow spike instead of a 6/8 half hollow round point.
3. Bought another 4/8 instead of a 6/8.
4. Did not read stuff now to be found in the Wiki, especially Beginner's guide to straight razor shaving - Straight Razor Place Wiki
5. Too much pressure.
6. Angles all wrong.
7. Not enough skin stretching.
8. Horrible stropping technique.
9. Bought a 7/8 full hollow spike point instead of a 6/8 half hollow round point.
10. Let the wife read the credit card bill.

- Using the same uber-rich lather that I used for DE shaving. I found that I get a much better straight shave if I add a little more water to my lather than I was used to. A DE is very forgiving; straights are not. A lather may be fine for a DE shave but not slick enough for a straight.

- Not paying attention to where the blade is the entire time, or what appendage(s) (i.e. ears or nose) are in the way of that blade before making the swipe

- Forgetting where your moles are

- Too much pressure

- "Nah, this angle isn't too steep"

- Not re-lathering for touch-up. What the hell was I thinking?

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.

X

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.

X

I was trying to use my left hand with triple edge disposable
as well as practicing with butter knife