What a way to start the day. I wake up to a knock on the door and its the mail man with my badger brush and mug and soap. I was like sweet. if only my razor came in the mail. I went back upstairs and started opening the box when another knock at the door. Its the fedex man. I was like WOW no way. This is amazing. It was my razor. So i opened it all up. Washed the brush. And I had to shave. So I sat down for my first go at it. Making the lather was fun. Also putting it on my face was way better than that canned stuff. Time to shave. Ill tell you what... I must have been a straight razor shaver in a previous life cause I did Terrific. No pressure like everyone has said with a 30 degree angle or less and it just glided across my face. All that reading and watching videos on straight razor shaving really paid off. Now I only went wtg this first shave. But I can see a HUGE dif in this shave vs my gillette fusion which is not very good. My Gf was like wow that is very smooth. Im so excited. Also to top off the day I got my gf a bottle of Au Bon Climat 2006 Pinot Noir and got myself a nice cigar to enjoy with my Knob creek Bourbon. Im off work today. WHAT A GREAT DAY SO FAR!