I'm still standing.

Well, I survived my first shave this evening!! I'm am very pleasantly surprised.

The shave was with the Double Arrow I received from Utopian (Ron) today. Thank-you, Ron, for your help and generous offer. Also on tap was a superlather of Tabac soap and Wars cream. Man, is that a heady scent. B&B essential brush and a Dirty Bird Pottery brush scuttle round out the set up.

Now in the past month I have received two straight "shaves". One at a barber college I've been checking out. I couldn't shave for three or four days after the visit. I figured, hey, these folks have to learn somehow. Really red and sore. Major razor burn.
The other from a barber shop in Indy. Pretty good shave, actually. Not as good as me with a Gem, but not bad. Really cool shop right in downtown Indy.

My shave today is still more comfortable than the Indy shave. O.K, yeah, there are a couple cuts that the barber didn't throw in on his shave, but hey....

I told myself, "Just the cheeks.....just the cheeks". Wellll sh*t, you know how that goes. Cheeks went better than I'd thought they would. Down the top half of the throat. Alright, this is going pretty good.

Hey! What was that!?! OOPS.

So, all told, a complete shave. A few cuts. But while typing this about a half hour later I am really pleased with the comfort. I've gotta tell 'ya, this is as good as some of my daily shaves. :y

All the noobs say thanks all the time. But this time it's my turn.

Thanks to the forum members for your leadership, patience and advice. I don't write much or ask a lot of questions (yet), but I've been reading the heck out of you guys.

Thank-you Ron for the razor.

Thank-you Lynn for the video. For the other newbies who think you don't need the video, think again. I almost didn't buy it, either. I thought that since I'd been shaving with DE's and a Gem, that would be good enough. WRONG !!!! You're buying all this other stuff, anyway. Go ahead and pop the bucks for the dvd also. You' ll be glad you did. Ain't that much, anyway. :shrug:

Well, gotta go. Supper's ready.

Happy shaving,

Kevin

Welcome to SRP, Kevin,

And many thanks for your report. Stick with it, and you will soon find that it gets even more fun along the way.

Regards,
Robin

Hit the ground running, that's the way to do it!

Go back to that college in a month or two and show them how to do it properly!

You're off to a great start. It took me a couple of weeks to get to the point where finishing on my chin and a couple of other spots with the DE became unnecessary. Since getting to that point I haven't picked up a DE again. Anyhow don't hesitate to supplement the straight with the DE while you're getting the hang of it. Check out my sig line below to avoid cuts and nicks.

That's great news Kevin. Now practice with that DA for a couple of weeks and then pull out your Red Injun, your two Gencos, or your Dubl Duck and prepare to be really shocked. First, they are all going to feel tiny and delicate and perhaps a little weird after the DA but they are also going to shave you even better. There's no going back now!

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Well, gotta go. Supper's ready.

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There's few better reasons to get offline than a good meal with the family.

Thanks for sharing Kevin, and thanks for making
sure these guys have sharp razors, Ron.

- Scott

This morning was the second shave. Better than the first. Only one nick at the bottom of the throat. I can see I'm going to have to review videos now that I'm beginning to understand better with razor in hand. Just the getting-the-hang-of-it stuff. Like how to hold the razor to go this direction on this part of the face or neck. Ahhh, the joy of going to school again.


See 'ya,

Kev

yea, ive been needing to watch some vids too, im to the point that i can get the job done without nicking myself,and no irritation, but id still like to trim about 5-10 minutes out of the total time it takes.