Yesterday was my b-day, and my friends got me an awesome razor set with soap strop, a dovo best quality, badger brush, razor burn repair and a nice box!

Yeah!

Wanted to buy it in a month or so (a graduating present... ), but a nice surprise to get it sooner!

First shave was ok.... No nick, cuts and very little razor burn (huray for proraso razor burn repair!) so that was great! Not a smooth face afterwards, but slowly got the hang of handeling the blade, it felt great to put such a blade on your face....think i have to send it out for honing though....but i reallyreally liked it! I'm hooked!

But 2 questions remain: I'm used to shaving cream and this was my first hard soap, how the hell do you do that? First of all the soap didn't fit the tray that came with it so it isn't stationary. Do you need to load your brush or something??? Here's a noob that needs some advice! (Tomorrow i'll try the cream and give it another go...) And the lather i did got was gone in two minutes on my face. No idea if its because my inferior lather-making abilities or if its the soap. With my Palmolive cream and Tabac cream i never had any problems.

And #2: The blade has a tiny wave near the heel of the bevel, the edge seems straight and it didn't bother me while shaving... That and i had to use more downward pressure than i expected. Also it failed the HHT However it did do the job. I'll probably send it out for honing soon.... anway would appreciate your thoughts on this.

I had my first shave! Yeah!