Thread: First shave pulled bad! Please help!

I would advise you to start the way Lynn suggests in the SRP beginner's guide. Start at the side burn and do a stroke and then put the straight away until tomorrow and finish with your DE. Gradually add to the amount that gets the straight over the next couple of weeks.

Why ? Anyone knows shaving with a straight razor is easy ! I watched the videos and I'm doing exactly what those guys are doing !

It is like a lot of things, looks easy until you're in the middle of it. Take your time. learn to stretch the skin, blade angle in various areas .... not the same throughout ... and angle of attack. Slicing rather than 'chopping' whiskers . Took me a couple of weeks to finally give up the DE and my first week a shave took 45 minutes. Just so you don't feel like the Lone Ranger, these instructions by Torrey razor Co. address the very concerns you've posted about, and they were written a century ago. Anyway .....

Yeah, I gotta say I'm with MickR and JimmyHAD. Angle....and take it slow.

Start at that side burn, put the razor spine against your skin. Then lift the spine about a 1/4" or just less. Start cutting straight down. Stop. Did that feel good? Smooth? Yes....try another patch, with the same technique. No....try another patch with a lower angle (spine closer to skin).

Continue this method, and you'll do just fine. Remember to make a mental log of not only your mistakes, but also your successes.

Learning happens best when it's incremental and not all at once.

Did you try shaving a part of your arm with your razor?
Also, I didn't get a description of what a bad pull is.
If you tried to shave just one or a couple hair, would it pull?