Hart razor and First BBS shave!

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Thanks to all the information I found on this forum, and with some practice using my Le Grelot and Dovo and Wade & Butcher, I finally found the basic skills to achieve a BBS shave with a straight. I went WTG and XTG and there it was, smooth and comfortable. This was my first shave with my new Hart razor, and I loved the razor and the shave. (I've heard it is better to stick with one razor, but I found that using different razors helped me understand what is common to a good shave.)

As a newbie, I have one major piece of advice for other newcomers. Get a "shave ready" razor honed by a master. My razors honed by Lynn and other honemeisters taught me how a properly honed razor should feel on the skin and in the hand. That is the single best investment a newcomer to straight razor shaving can make.

Now if I can just learn to hone the razors almost as well, I'll be all set.