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    Welcome aboard !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaspar View Post
    Hello, I am having some more trouble hahaha. newbies right? anyway i have now been shaving with my straight razor for about 4 days now and when I shave the razor still leaves a lot of stubble (even after a few passes) Does this just come with time and experiance or am I just lost?
    It is quite common to get stubble when are first learning with a straight razor. I would recommend going slow doing the cheeks with your straight finish off with a de or trac 3. Keep adding a new area with the chin and jaw last, these last areas are the hardest. There is a lot of thing that need to be mastered to get a good straight razor shave. Skin prep, skin tension, lather, blade sharpness, be patient it takes months or more to get your first great shave more or less depending on lots of factors. Do lots of reading, experementing, and asking question and you will get it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaspar View Post
    when I am making my cream in my mug do I just leave the soap cake in the mug and then just use hot water on my brush during my next shave? I am really confussed about the mug and cakes.
    Hi,
    There are a lot of ways to do this-- I have 2 mugs. The first holds the puck, the second I just use to warm the brush in hot water while I'm doing my face prep or stropping. I also drizzle about 1/4 teaspoon of hot water on top of the puck to soften it up.

    When I'm ready, I take my brush out of the hot water, squeeze out about 90% of the water, then load up the brush with soap. At this point you can either use the second mug to whip up lather as mentioned in an earlier post, or just build lather directly on your face (which is what I do). If you need to add water, add just a drizzle to the brush. It is easier to add water if the lather is too thick or too dry vs. dealing with runny lather and wasting soap.

    Some folks use a small bowl instead of the mug to make lather-- more room to whip the brush.

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    Welcome to SRP, Brian,

    Quote Originally Posted by Kaspar View Post
    when I am making my cream in my mug do I just leave the soap cake in the mug and then just use hot water on my brush during my next shave? I am really confussed about the mug and cakes.
    There is an illustrated guide in the Wiki for this problem (thanks to TonyJ and gugi): Making basic soap lather - Straight Razor Place Wiki.

    Keep us updated on your progress.

    Best regards,
    Robin

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    Welcome to SRP Brian!! There is a lot of great info here. Congrats on joining the straight shaving world.

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