Thread: Another new guy first shave

Thanks for the encouragement, Block! I think I would do well to heed your baby steps advice. I'm sure I'll get there soon enough. My face feels like I shaved with a cheese grater after the 7/8. I have lots of work to do on technique!

Cheers,

Larry

Congratulations. Keep at it and in a year's time, you'll be one of those guys the newbies admire fordoing it every day.

By the way, just how do you measure the pucker factor?

Congrats on surviving the first of many. A 7/8 is a large blade to begin straight shaving with. My guess is you'll find the Boker much more maneuverable. My first two or three weeks I finished my mustache, chin and on either side of the windpipe with my Merkur Slant and a Feather. No shame in dipping your foot in the water rather than diving in. Read my sig below and follow the old barber's advice to avoid nicks and cuts. Still works for me.

Thanks, Jimmy. I had your sig line advice constantly in mind while shaving, and it saved my neck a few times! I'm looking forward to tomorrow's shave, now that the razor burn has finally subsided.

Originally Posted by leadduck

Congratulations. Keep at it and in a year's time, you'll be one of those guys the newbies admire fordoing it every day.

By the way, just how do you measure the pucker factor?

I think it was the lump of coal that I pulled out as a diamond when I was done!

Thanks again, Guys,

Larry