First SR Shave... The Results.
OUUUUUUUUUUUUCHHHHH!
I just got my Dovo best quality 5/8 razor today and was very excited to try it. The supplier (TSS) assured me that the razor was shave ready and I didn't need to strop it before my first shave. Against my better judgment, and against ALL the advice on this forum, I decided to jump right into a three pass shave. 2 WTG and 1 XTG.
Surprisingly, I got away with a DFS (in terms of look and feel) and only one or two nicks that went away with cold water. However, the razor TUGGED and PULLED like nothing I've ever shaved with before. I'm a stubborn bastard, so I decided to keep going. I am now sitting at my computer with some of the most horrific razor burn I've ever experienced. Here are two things I'm pretty sure went wrong:
1. I'm an idiot, and I didn't stop after I felt tugging.
2. I repeatedly forgot to stretch my skin.
Even so, when I DID stretch my skin, there was still a fair amount of tugging and pulling. Any advice would be helpful. In the meantime, I'm going to rub ice cream on my face.