This morning marks my first complete SR shave, without completion or touch-up with the Mach 3. Hurray! Packages arrived yesterday with the Tweezerman brush and Proraso cream. (For my first three partial shaves, I used samples from The Art of Shaving, and just lathered up the best I could without a brush.)

The shave went very well - only one tiny nick that didn't require any attention. Now that my face has had a chance to dry out, I see that I'm not going to get a really close shave until I can work up to ATG passes. (With my Mach 3, I just start ATG - I don't even bother going WTG, as it doesn't cut anything at all.)

Prep was just a lot of hot water, and the Proraso made a great lather. My razor from Pete is still cutting very cleanly, despite my strop not being here yet. AS was a sample of TAOS balm.

Feelin' good!

Cheers, Fred