Thread: A Journey of 100 Shaves

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I've read over and over that it takes ~100 shaves until a decent level of proficiency is acquired in the art of straight razor shaving. While this number is obviously not absolute, I thought it would be interesting to keep track of how many shaves I'd completed as well as some notes, lessons learned, and things to improve from each. As of today I had shaved twice and had jotted down a few notes in a Word document. Then I realized, what better place to keep a running journal of each shave than here at Straight Razor Place? (After recent revelations, it looks like I will be shaving and updating the journal about every other day).

Of course, if anyone stopping by has any advice or comments, please post them up!

-Alex