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    Default 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"

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    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

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

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

    gash -- not cut.

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

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    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).

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    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.

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    - 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?

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by xman View Post
    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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    I was trying to use my left hand with triple edge disposable
    as well as practicing with butter knife

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