Well after a fair go last night, I thought I'd have another try tonight.

1st off Ben has also given me an off cut of leather to fashion a strop from and I was going to try and attach some ends but had the idea of just shutting one end in a draw and holding the other. Well that worked pretty well do considering I'm new to this I thought I'd just strop it 25 times then try a shave.

Tonight's shave was much more pleasing I made a good attempt at all areas with a WTG pass. Shaving left handed and coordinating my movements while looking in the mirror is going to take some time, as is working out what strokes, grips and hand to use when and how best to stretch the skin as needed.

As a 2nd go I'm really pleased, to be honest there were plenty of patched which needed to be cleaned up with a DE but I think I got more of an idea on angle, no nicks and no harsh feedback from the alum.

Finished with another 25 strokes on the strop, which is another thing I was pleased with. I was concerned that my 1st attempt at stropping might have a detrimental effect on the edge but it seemed as though it was reasonable.

All in all a very promising 2nd attempt.