Quote Originally Posted by markdfhr View Post
I just wanted to write, do not apply more pressure when the blade hangs up. You can back away and try again, sure, but using more pressure will only cause you grief. The only plus side of this is the cool scar you'll get.

You are doing fine after a week. Like so many others here have written, do not attempt to do everything at once. There's no need to go atg or xtg right now. You're a wet shaver, do what you can with your straight and then clean up with your safety.

As you get more comfortable with your straight and gain the proper muscle memory for wtg, then you should graduate to atg and finally xtg. That's exactly what I'm doing. Going xtg was like learning to shave all over again, especially with my off-hand. So it's probably best not to bite off too much at once. A slower progression will pay better dividends.
Mark,
I hope you don't mind my chiming on your post, I had that hang up this morning I told you about, well as soon as it happened I backed off. What I did was stopped for a short moment before getting back to shaving; sort of like catching my breath if you will. Then the rest of the shave went fine. As I told you in the PM, I was quite blessed that I didn't sustain a cut or nick.

Patrick