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    Senior Member blabbermouth LegalBeagle's Avatar
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    Welcome, and congratulations on your first "real" shave!

    I started this journey a few weeks ago and I'm happy to report, getting very good shaves now. It get's easier and more comfortable, just stay at it!

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    Great Read !!!

    BTW Thank You, posts like yours let us know that at least some people take the time and effort to read some of the mass amounts of info available from the membership here, and to be ready for their first real shave...

    Welcome aboard the straight train , may your ride be long and smooth ....

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    Quote Originally Posted by prosneek View Post
    Welcome to SRP. Once you get the angles right, it will shave and feel much better. BTW, what part of Florida are you in? I am in Gainesville.
    Tampa Area, enjoying the humidity? I wonder if it's so bad up north where you are.


    To everyone thank you very much for your comments!

    I woke up this morning and most of the pain has subsided. The areas on the sides of my mouth still hurt a bit but I'm going to throw some moisturizer on there in a moment.
    I have a meeting tonight at work and I'm contemplating whether I should try to straight and clean everything up, or if I should use the Mach3. Heheh, I looked in the mirror when I woke up and noticed how uneven my sideburns are!

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    Welcome aboard!!! Nice read, it sounds like all of our first shaves with a straight!!! Just watch more shaving vids and keep reading every thing on this SRP site about straights/stropping/skin stretching on and on!!!Just take it slow and enjoy the ride.

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    Great read Congrats on the first shave. It gets better!

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    Congrats on the first shave. The trick is to continue to read the forum. It is a long road to a great shave but well worth it. I am about 5-6 months into this and having some really great shaves.

    Keep reading!!
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    Great report, Karma! (and yes, I read it all). I'm just a few months ahead of you, and still taking it slow, cleaning up with a DE (and sometimes my Gillette Sensor, which has always given me great shaves). Sounds like you got a killer setup to start out with, and have done your homework re technique.

    I too enjoy messing with the soaps and creams almost more than the actual shaving. I just shaved with Truefitt and Hill Trafalgar, and got awesome lather, unforgettable scent, and a BBS. Consistency and lather-wise, this cream reminds me of Castle Forbes, though it smells like my old Tuscany cologne. Highly recommended! Try some of the samplers from The Shave Den, a great way to sample a lot of creams and soaps for cheap!

    I'll be "getting" my Filarmonica Doble Temple (that I bought here on the classifieds a couple of weeks ago) for Father's Day, so I'm getting excited too.
    There are many roads to sharp.

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    Welcome to SRP from another Floridian!

    The shaves will get much better. Take it slow and keep working on the angles.

    Enjoy the journey!

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    Thanks for the support everyone! I just had my second shave and wrote a thread on it! The second shave went AMAZINGLY well!

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    Sounds like your having fun shaving.
    My first shave was so-so at best. It was making the transition from canned shaving cream, and a gillette, to learning to whip up a good lather, strop, and use the straight seemed a bit overwhelming at first.
    At least I bought a shave ready razor, so I understood what a sharp razor shaves like. Take your time, and enjoy it.

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