Hey fellas,

I had been mulling over the idea of using a straight for some time. I have pretty course stubble and I go through cartridges like there's no tomorrow. It always seemed rather wasteful, they are getting more and more expensive and quite frankly they irritate the shit out of my face. I get bad ingrown hairs on my neck and after reading a few articles here and there I eventually found my way over here to SRP... What an amazing resource! Lynn and everyone involved, I can't thank you enough!

I recently acquired a Tiers Issard from an Art of Shaving store and I'm a handful of shaves in. I took the advice from Lynn and gradually increased the amount of my face I shaved, starting from right jaw and expanding from there. I'm getting the hang of stropping (I think) and am slowly learning the angles. Some areas - particularly my chin - definitely need a lot more practice. And my left hand? We won't even go there - I gave myself a pretty nice cut with it on the shave before last! I attempted my first full face shave yesterday but definitely needed to finish off with the cartridge.

So, yeah, there you go. Hello! Thanks!


Rick