Quote Originally Posted by pmburk View Post
No disrespects to Durhampiper:
I started out that way and it for me it was rough. It did okay trimming my cheek area when I had a beard, but my neck underneath my jaw got tore up something nasty.Of course I did not know about this forum then plus I had no straight razor shaving skills. But shaving with that Magic Shaver was a beast; I almost gave up on straight razor shaving until I found out about SRD and this forum. Just my couple of cents.
Whereas I had found out about SRP and had done a ton of reading before I tried the Magic Shaver. If I had not, my experience probably would have been a lot like yours--but in that case I think it would have been just as bad if I had jumped right in with a straight razor, too, you know? And that's not to say that I didn't cut myself with it. Probably the worst cut I've ever had shaving (knock on wood) I got during that first shave with the Magic Shaver going (of all things) WTG on my chin. But that was the ony time I cut myself with that thing, and obviously it worked for me.

We all get here in different ways, but we all get here.