Thread: First Shave Successful!!! Thank you!

The wonderful Dovo wet shaving kit arrived from Straight Razor Designs yesterday. I woke early this morning, pressed an SRO estate coffee from Costa Rica, and set everything up around the sink. I wear a beard so I decided to shave my neck and shape up the beard line on my cheek. I had no problem with the lather, because I'd been using a DE gillette for awhile; however, the badger brush was much superior--at least for my skin--than the boar brush I used to use. Also, the shaving soap sent with the SRD kit was really top-notch. I was careful and slow, shaving first with the grain, then against.

I completed a shave on my first attempt with no razor burn and, more importantly, no cuts. It's not quite as close as I'm used to; however, that will improve with practice. The hardest parts were getting the correct angles, and overcoming the blind spots. The scritch-scritch of the razor cutting beard hair was zenlike and meditative.

So, for everyone on this site, for Lynn Abrams's videos and article for beginners, and for SRD...THANK YOU.

Congrats on your first time to the steel. Strap yourself in the ride can be exhilarating.

Definitely, I've been rubbing my neck, tempted to go again tonight. Will wait until the morning, though.