Quote Originally Posted by markevens View Post
I agree with this, but it is important that a beginner has an idea of good technique and start developing it. They can follow your advise, and still focus on those 3 fundamentals I mentioned while actually shaving.

If they aren't made aware of these basics of technique, they may know that the first shaves won't be great, but their learning curve is going to be a lot longer and more difficult than someone who is aware and is actively focusing on them. Look at ace's post above:If nobody told him that skin stretching and angle were important, he may just quit with the misconception that straights are super dangerous and will cut your face up.
Yeah It was a rookie mistake on my part not to stretch out the skin.
The razor was tugging & then I realized I wasn't stretching! The first time around I was too focused on angle. A new lesson I learned right off the bat
with a straight: Visualize.