My first day, I had a couple of bad gashes. Yesterday, some people on the freenode #srp channel pinged me, offering advice and encouragement, and I did much better today.

Today I followed the "first shave" advice mostly by the book:

First Shave
First straight razor shave - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Instead of doing just one side of my face, I did both, because I'm mostly ambidextrous. One very small nick. Didn't try my chin or neck or getting right up to the mouth.

I shaved WTG, and managed to get much closer than I can WTG with a DE or other razors, but not BBS. And I can get pretty much BBS with a DE going ATG, so I'll be happier when I can go ATG or possibly XTG too. But for now, shaving close enough without cutting myself is the important thing, and I'm feeling good about today.

Thanks, y'all!