Thread: The Sting of the First Shave

+1 on whats been said. This is more than just a shave it's an art and the more you shave the more you'll learn. Take your time and enjoy, try changing your angles a little until you find what works best. You may want to get a day or twos growth and then "feel" your wiskers so you can get an idea of the direction of growth. Understanding what direction the hair was growing helped me figure out the best plan of attack (attack may not be the best word) and went a long way towards bettering my shaves. The thing is patience is the key and if we enjoy what we do we will strive for the best. Keep going you'll get there.

Thanks for the info all. I sure will check out the razor angles. Maybe my skin is a pit too sensitive to go against the grain just now. I haven't shaved with any sort of razor in about 5 years. I've been using my beard trimmer to do the job cuz the last inch or so of the hair on my neck is just so hard to shave. It lays so flat against my skin that the multi-bladed razors wouldn't cut the hair but pick it up between the blades till it gets to the base then would take a chunk out of my skin. No matter what I did, pulling, streching, or contorting would give me a shave that didnt look like I took a belt sander to my neck. So, I gave up till I thought maybe a straight razor will get the job done. So here I am.