Thread: Finally!!!

Well, this seems to be the thread for it. I'm a newbie to straights, too; been shaving this way for about a month now.

It's taking me a while, but I feel like I'm making some progress, too. Last night, I had my first really good shave. I'm not BBS everywhere on my face, but my shave was finally what I might call presentable, even after 8 hours. As a newbie, things just have to come together at once.

For me, one of my major mistakes was in not maintaining my blade angle at thirty degrees. I was holding the razor correctly and was comfortable with both hands but I found I had kept the blade angle around ten degrees. I thought this might help to cut the hair even better. Obviously this isn't true; the last few days I've really been concentrating on that thirty degree angle and I can't believe what a difference that has made. My shaves are now much better than I ever was able to get out of cartridges, and I still see room for improvement.

The longer you try straight shaving and read the comments on this site, the more you start to put two and two together and get all the proper techniques working in harmony in making a great shave happen.

So now I can see where I need improvement in my technique, but I'm not driving so blind anymore; I can actually see where I need to improve for a better shave.