I figured tonight would be a good night to try straight razor shaving for the first time. I showered first while soaking my brush in hot water. I got out and lathered some castle forbes lime cream (first time lathering also) and applied it to my face. Making lather and knowing what the right consistency is was harder than I thought. I took out my razor and stropped it about 20 times. It is a Dove best quality 6/8 from SRD. I put the razor to my right side burn while stretching the skin. When I started shaving, it hurt like hell. I felt like it was pulling. I guess thats what pulling means because it felt like I was ripping the hairs right out of my face. I did nick myself but not bad. I figured it was the cream so I put more on my face and the samething happened. At this point I obviously knew something was wrong so I stopped, pulled out my mach 3 and using the same lather that was already on my face, I was done about 15 seconds later.
Any tips and pointers except reading wiki which I have done already about 3 times on everything in there and reading the stickys which I have done also?
Thanks,
-Anthony