Hello all! Nice to be here with all of you. I just started shaving with a Feather AC/SS (pro blade), my second shave with it was this morning. I just want to say that I love the entire wet shaving experience and this is something that will be part of my life from here on out. I am getting ready to bid adieu to my Norelco electric crapper and smash it with a hammer. I have to admit the first time I lifted my arm and held that straight a few inches from my face I was shaking worse than Michael J. Fox on a methamphetamine binge. It was a rough go of it the first shave, but even at the mercy of my near completely inexperienced hands I could tell the potential of this shaver. I never thought a strictly downward pass with ANY razor would yield a BSS but this thing got that feat accomplished handily. Granted, tender parts of my face and neck did succumb to a few raging angry weepers, but I did not let that deter me from sticking with this and learning to perfect it. My second shave was fantastic, no bleeders and a solid, smooth shave. No sooner had that thought entered my brain when the rattlesnake bit me...a moment's lapse in attention (and a whole lot of stupidity) and I realized I had just closed the razor ON MY THUMB. In an instant it went from a scene of wonderful zen shaving to a veritable poultry slaughterhouse. There was so much blood I swear a Mako shark was trying to swim UP my sink drain to get at me.

At any rate, I just wanted to introduce myself and profess my fresh, new love for this passion I have for wet shaving. Since I was 15 I have struggled with shaving sensitive skin and being frustrated with electrics, multi-blade rubbish and I am enthralled to have found the right way to use DE's and now my first straight. Cheers to all my wet shaving brethren. Oh...and by the way, if you haven't noticed, I love to flash jokes and wit. Feel free to respond in kind with any stories of shaving humor or mishaps you may have had in the beginning. They are quite humorous to me. Thanks!