Thread: You know, I'm just proud of myself...

I think I'm finally figuring out the Straight Razor thing. I tried it a bit on my own before I found SRP, but my technique really took off after I read the forums, watched the videos, and simply *thought* about what I was doing.

The blade angle made a huge difference for me - as it does for everybody I guess. One thing that really helped was for me to visualize the blade angle of the blades in a Gillette Mach5 when I shaved with those. That was the magic bean in my case - the "ah ha" moment.

I'm still experimenting with slightly different processes for my shaving experience (WTG, XTG, ATG), and the order in which I shave the different parts of my face. Another significant learning for me was that I can lather up again and do the same areas more than once.

I'm not 100% with the SR yet - I do finish up the Adam's Apple with my Mach5, but most of everything else is being done with a very nice TI 5/8.

I had a truly refreshing and relaxing shave this afternoon (ok, I didn't shave this morning as I wanted a bit more to work with) and it was nirvana. The only thing that could have made it better would have been a nice cigar to immediately follow the shave. Maybe tomorrow. Funny, my wife doesn't get the big deal. She just rolls her eyes. Go figure.

And, joy of joy, I've got two new blades coming in from Martin at RasurPur.de. And a very nice shaving box from Classic Shaving. Man, I'm enjoying this. For the first time in my life, I kind of wish my 5 o'clock shadow came in a bit faster...