Man I had a great start. I had eight to twelve weeks of DE shaving under my belt and was loving it as I have always loved to shave, even with the plastic razors. I was using real soap and a badger brush and was getting BBS shaves everyday with no nicks or cuts at all.

Then Carazor gifted me a sweet Dovo Silver Steel 5/8 hollow ground and strop and I'm off to the races! I go to Hungary and end up with four vintage and or antique Flaschner blades. I start off slowly and things go great. Pretty soon( 3 weeks) I'm shaving my whole face with nary a nick.

I used to be a gymnast and spent ten years shaving my calluses everyday with a single edge razor so I wasn't scared of them at all.

SO I buy a Boker Edeweiss 5/8 and a Dovo Forestal from SRD to complete my seven day set and they come SHARP! Seriously, as you guys know.

next thing you know I'm slicing and dicing myself for no good reason,especially with the forestal, which now has me spooked.I'm cutting the upper mid part of my right cheek which is probably one of the lightest hair on my face as I transition the blade! two days in a row.

I can't seem to find the right angle to cut with NOR the right direction of the beard. Ack!The best advice was to lay the blade flat on the skin and go from there and that has helped but then I nicked the cheeks just replacing it for the next pass.

My shave is in a slump.I've been overthinking it and now it has me trying NOT to cut myself instead of just shaving.


just a rant, thanks ) I'm not going to quit and thank goodness for alum block ,lol.