I wanted to be with the cool kids and post about my first straight shave tonight. It went... well... not bad. There were two surprises in store.

The first surprise is that I didn't cut myself. I went into the shave thinking that I was going to cause myself some serious damage, despite the fact that with proper preparation, angle, etc., lots of other guys do this all the time. I was a bit shaky, but I'm pretty sure I actually cut some hair with the razor. A couple of times I had to reposition the razor because I was afraid I was going to drop it, or that I was going to cut my hand. I shaved the cheeks twice WTG, and on the second one I did the neck too. Other than being awkward, it was alright. Not close, but I used my DE to clean up afterwards.

The second surprise is that the razor actually felt more comfortable in my left hand than my right. I went into it thinking that I was just going to shave with the right hand, but when I got to the left side of my face, seeing around my hand and the razor was really difficult, so I gave it a shot. My left hand felt more confident, and I also wasn't getting shaving cream all over it either.

I hope I get more confident with it the next time. I think my nervousness was making the razor skip which meant it wasn't cutting the hairs very evenly. Next time I'll be working with the strop too.

Thanks to JimR for the razor.