Proper first shave

[ianp1966]

As my title says i had my 'proper' first shave today with a very nice razor i purchased from mainaman who has been more than helpful.

Oh right nearly forgot the shave bit of the post. Well i'd been of into town to get a few bits and bobs, had a wander around the flea market we have on Thursdays, picked up some Palmolive shave cream from Tesco for £1.25 I thought 'why not give it a try'. I got home made some fairly good lather with shaving soap and cream together had my shower and then got ready for my first straight shave.

Wow a properly honed edge is a thing to be in awe of really when you've been closeted away behind a highly manufactured three blade system you never spend one moment thinking about your shave you just do it almost on autopilot.

Not this time though, mind you my first shave was over quite quickly for me, i was having trouble stopping my hand from shaking so all to soon i had to use the old razor. I will say that yes i do have a bit of trouble at the best of times keeping a steady hand but the tablets help so I'll keep taking them.

I managed to do at best my left, right jawbone, under my chin then faltered at the more sensitive bits. Mind you i did have a go on the rest of my head and the results were a bit more promising. Without being able to see what i was doing I did manage to take of nearly half of my hair (imagine male pattern baldness - i shaved half whats left) that bit was more relaxing too.

So I think I might find myself shaving a bit more often, I'm very lazy and shave only once a week, if the results are as encouraging as today.

thanks for reading

ian


oh and a few pics of my new razor thanks once again to mainaman !