Its been done and I LIKED it alot.

Howdy, again guys. Well first off I would like to thank LarryAndro for the blade i purchased from him i ordered it on Tue. and it arrived here on Thursday today. Of course the first thing i did was shave with it. This was my FIRST ever Straight shave. I did all the prep that i have read about on the site: mixed up my lather real good. I went into this with the knowledge of what was going to happen on my first shave, there were no fancy dreams of coming out of that bathroom with BBS and no cuts. Soo i went at it.. I need to work on my technique alot, but ya know practice makes perfect. So i did my 3 passes WTG/XTG/ ATG ehh not so much ATG more like another XTG. I got my fair share of cuts, at least 6 very small ones, nothing too major, pencil took care of them real nice. As far as the shave goes not BBS but i wouldnt say it was a bad shave about as good as i ever got with cartridge. Overall i loved it, any comments as to what I should do to improve my technique would be appreciated. Thanks again. I'm glad i got into this it will be fun.

very good, as long as you liked it that's all that matters now :)

WOOHOO, now the hard part come, and that is waiting till you can do it again. lolol,. Now you will sit there running you hand across your face wondering if its long enough to shave again, checking every couple of hours. driving yourself crazy with anticipation. longing for the morning ......... when you can....shave. Looking...forward......to....shaving .......again,)()()()()()(shaking head) or is that just me. sorry i was dreaming. I think you get the point. from a fellow noob. way to go. now your hooked like a hookswallowing fish.:needcoffee:

Read my sig line below and you may avoid further nicks, works for me. It may sound nuts but if you take a butter knife or something and practice the moves you do when shaving it may help.

If you think about it the only time you'll practice manipulating the razor is during the relatively short time that you shave. I learned to shave with my non dominant hand by practicing the moves while watching TV. I was following a suggestion by forum member Danny Wonderful and it worked very well for me.