After a couple weeks dabbling with a Parker shavette, the first real straight shave went surprisingly easy, way easier to use, and not as crazy/scary sharp as the shavette, which punish any mistake with bloody results. An amazing zen-like experience, I'm finally a real man now!

My razor is a 5/8" Geneva I bought from Goodtann on eBay, great seller, which delivers razors shave-ready for real, coticule honed.





I did just a couple passes, no reason to push it the very first time, but it was amazing, even if I still have some stubble left