Re: Good shave with disposable but not my Dovo?
There have been a few different times in the year that I've been using a straight that I've noticed and changed one thing and it's immediately made a huge improvement.
Big ones for me were:
My grip, I noticed that the tighter I was holding the razor, the more pressure I was subconsciously using. Once I started making sure to keep a more relaxed grip, huge immediate improvement.
My wrist, I noticed that I was bending my wrist back as I shaved, which was changing the blades angle to my skin without me realizing it. Once I started consciously holding it neutral, huge immediate improvement.
Stretching. I'd watched videos, which helped for sure, but once I figured how to best stretch my own skin in the way my own face needed it, huge improvement.
What you'll find is that you'll hit a plateau and then figure something out and get better again until the next plateau.
Don't let the plateaus discourage you, you'll get better and better.
I'm a year in to this now and just this week I've discovered that I can get a really close comfortable shave with one pass. A better shave I might add, than I was getting out of three passes 6 months ago.
Keep at it, you'll get where you want to be.