First shave this morning!

Well, last night, my razor arrived. Hurray! I bought it off the classifieds, so it was ready to go. (Thanks Pete!)

This morning, with some trepidation, I had at it. I decided just to do the cheeks, WTG, as suggested elsewhere in these fora. I am pleased to say that it went very well. The razor was clearly sharp, and I got the nice scraping noises featured on Jockey's videos. I guess I got the angle okay. I only had one minor nick, but then I got another one from my Mach 3 as I was doing the rest of my face.

One thing I noticed that isn't clear in the videos - I can't see my sideburns, because the razor is in the way! How do you guys deal with that?

I just got an email that my Filly strop has shipped, so it will be a few days until I can attempt my next shave, but it's probably a good idea to let my face rest. I can definitely feel that my face is a bit tighter than usual, although I used Art of Shaving after-shave balm (got some samples at the local store).

So, I'd say it was a good start!

Fred

The one thing that I do to deal with not seeing my sideburns is that I start out a little low and then move up slowly. That way I ensure that I do not shave them to high. I remember that it took a little practice to get it right. Good luck and enjoy.

Dean

congrats,
the side burns angle will come in time,
it took me a few weeks to get a decent shave, stick with you & see a great improvement

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Originally Posted by fpatton

One thing I noticed that isn't clear in the videos - I can't see my sideburns, because the razor is in the way! How do you guys deal with that?

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A 4/8 spike point is the thing to have for precision trimming , and shaving the upper , and lower lip . You can make do without one , but I think everyone should have at least one .:D

I think I'm going to hold off on the spike points for now. I can just see taking my ear off. However, I did see a 4/8 at the local antique store. Perhaps if I can whittle the price down...

Fred

the best thing i found for sideburns was to pin point a place on my ear and shave the sideburns.
i.e. i pin point my ear lobe with the razor and shave my sideburn parallel to it then take the same place on the other ear and shave(hope you get what i mean) . our faces are made symetrical so you cant have one higher or lower than the other.