Second shave. Big difference, not there yet though
Alright, I just finished my second shave. I was so pleased with it this time that I felt a need to post a new thread. The shave took me about 25 minutes in total if you include building the lather and rebuilding the lather, and rebuilding the lather once again. I shaved my entire face and in most places I ended up with a shave equal to that of a cartridge razor. The area I had trouble with was my chin and jaw line. I have relatively no razor burn other than a couple nicks on my jaw line and chin, and a little bit of burn under my nose(actually less burn than I usually get from my cartridge razor).
What I did different this time:
I stropped my razor before shaving. I don't know if it was necessary, as some people say they strop before every shave and others say every 10-15 shaves.
I used Taylor (OBS) Avocado Shaving Cream instead of soap. I found it easier to reload my brush with the cream than with the soap making relathering mid shave much easier.
I stopped trying to cut hair. I was browsing the forum the other day and stumbled upon a thread where the poster was describing how they improved there shave(I wish I could remember who it was). They described it has just wiping the lather away with the razor. This analogy helped me a lot. I think the main issue I was having with my first shave was that I was shaving with a heavy hand.
One thing I did run into that didn't happen last time was that the lather actually started drying on my face in areas where it was left untouched. I didn't notice until I started seeing snow flakes floating around the bathroom.:p
Anyways, just thought I would share.