Thread: Please help with first shave!

Welcome to SRP. There is a lot to learn to successfully shave with a straight razor and no one can learn it all at once. Perhaps that is why when SRP founder Lynn Abrams wrote this here on how to do the first straight razor shaves he suggested taking it slow and doing it in increments rather than all at once.

Skin stretching techniques, blade angle, stroke, direction of attack all enter into it and then there is stropping, pre shave prep, lathering. All kinds of stuff to become proficient with. So be patient and take it slow. Re-read the beginner's guide in the SRP Wiki at the link below and as you continue to practice things should improve.

Edit ; forget the HHT. That is a test for advanced honing. The shave test is all you want to concern yourself with now.