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    Default After a month, a complete shave!

    I have been added for a month, but unable to shave the chin without using a DE.

    Well, today I got the whole face shaved with only the str8. Took me about the same time. I was carefull but quicker, on the cheeks and neck.

    Achieved 90% bbs on the cheeks and neck, the chin and mustache are, well, presentable.

    The blade was refreshened with .5 diamond spray on felt. 7 lapse on diamond felt, 20 on untreated felt, and 60 on the latigo strop.

    It felt good to finally use the sdr8 straight razor for the whole face.

    Double O

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    Congratulations!
    Sounds like you are progressing well. Nothing wrong with using the DE for touching up or getting an area you are having trouble with. I started that way and I've read many others have too. Soon you won't need the DE for touch ups. I still use mine if I'm pressed for time or just for a change of pace.
    Enjoy.

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    That is some fine progress right there!
    Congratulations!
    And the really god news is that it will get even better
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    Well done I've been using the st8 for about 2 months still only able to manage a 80 percent BBS, but enjoy the challenge. I think my main problem trying to get a sharp razor.

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    Double0757,

    You're doing things right by going for a slower progression and not rushing things. Small steps will pay big rewards.

    -Mark

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    Are you shaving with a factory edge, or did you have it honed by a professional?

    Also, stropping correctly takes a lot of time to learn I've found, but it is essential that it's done correctly.

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    Congrats ! Like others have said , it gets even better . I don't worry about the BBS . I get better shaves than I ever got with a Mach 3 or any other razor I've ever used , and that's good enough for me . Not only that , shaving with a straight razor is just plain more fun .
    Greetings , from Dundalk , Maryland . The place where normal people , fear to go .

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    Congrats! It only gets better from here

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    Quote Originally Posted by supersco View Post
    Are you shaving with a factory edge, or did you have it honed by a professional?

    Also, stropping correctly takes a lot of time to learn I've found, but it is essential that it's done correctly.
    I got two razors, same steel, one from Vintage Blade LLC and the other order 3 weeks latter from SRD (with the life time honing). Both proffecionally hone for shave ready.

    It is a good learning tool, to have two razors. I use one for comparison when the other strart messing and pulling my beard. Then I go back and strop some more or like I did a week ago , refresh the blade.

    My stropping is not all there for me yet. I can honestly say that out of 10 strops maybe 6 or 7 are good, where I can hear the same sound up and down. Other times is not even or spine comes up a bit on one side (that's when I try to go faster). So I slow down and go at it again. The blade I use for comparisson (SRD) have only been used three times and I'm carefull with the stropping.

    I want to thank Lynn and crew for kepping up this forum. Without it I wouldn't have started str8 shaving. And I whant to thank also all of you who participate on this forum. Because with out participation the learning curve would be much steeper than it is. I also know better, to listen to sound advice, even do I will like to start honing, I'm patiently holding back till I have at least a year of good shaving and stropping. In the mean time, I'll keep reading, watching videos and learning. Thank you again Double O

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    Quote Originally Posted by dave5225 View Post
    Congrats ! Like others have said , it gets even better . I don't worry about the BBS . I get better shaves than I ever got with a Mach 3 or any other razor I've ever used , and that's good enough for me . Not only that , shaving with a straight razor is just plain more fun .
    Thanks Dave. I came from many years (25) of electric shaving, so I'm already getting better shaves, exepts for my chin and occasional stragler on the mustache, but you are 100% on being more fun! I have never look foward for a shave as when I was 16 and wanting to shave, but now I look foward with atticipation for the next shave. Double O
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