My new shaving experiance!!!

So ... I've had some members giving me some advise and had another help me out getting started with practice and such. My first time i went to shave, i planned on only doing a small portion of my face at a time and then finishing off the rest of my face with the disposable razors i had been using ........ Well, I did the small area on my dominate side and went for my old razor. I HAD NONE! So, long story short i ended up doing my whole face with my straight razor on the first time ever using it!! It kinda sucked, but not really at all lol. I actually did really well! I knicked my chin twice (nothing major at all) and kinda roughed up my neck a little (it looked like i had really bad razor rash) and by my left ear (non dominate side) i slid the razor a little and gave myself a really nice deep long cut. Ouch!!! Well not really ouch, cause i didnt realize i had cut my self bad until i noticed the straem of blood running down the side of my face. It wasnt too bad, im just a bleeder lol.

I waited a few days, and tried it again. I felt confident enough that I tried my whole face again. (Im a glutton for punishment i guess lol) this time i had the right pressure and and my angles were getting better. 2nd shave equaled much better results and a lot less cutting myself. Im able to get up a good lather right from the soap to my face (Like I saw Lynn do on his video) but I think i may be keeping too much water on/in the brush, still working that out too but deff getting better.

I have learned that it is almost impossible to use my non dominate hand, but I still try from time to time. All in all I am doing really well and have used my razor probably 8 or 9 times now, and Im getting better and better shaves each time. I thought I would have a problem with the stropping but I dont feel like Im doing it bad. It is hard at first but you learn the motions eventually. I am really enjoying this and love that im getting better and better as I go. It seems like straight shaving is coming to me a lot more easily each time.

I want to give a huge shout out to Jaswarb and Lynn for helping me out by either chatting with me or posting videos. Both of you are AWESOME!!!!!

G'Day and welcome.
Glad to hear you're doing well - keep us posted

Hang in there, gets better and better, using your non-dominant hand will pay off in the end, and is probably good for your brain too, (leftie talking here). My first shave with a straight, i did my whole beard too, didn't cut myself once, but have carved myself up plenty since then. Things that helped me were waiting a couple of days between shaves, at least, to give my face time to heal, and reading what the seniors here have to say. Top bunch of guys.