Thread: I can't wait

It showed up today!! Gonna be shaving with it tonight (my sideburns at least).

Congrats!
Shave Well my friend....

Well the first shave is in the bucket and it went pretty well IMO. Started out with the sideburns and moved onto the cheeks. I did xtg across most of face and neckline with atg here and there. My chin was the only area that gave me any trouble. The result was a good shave but did some touch up with my DE. Stropping is harder than it looks and will definitely require practice.

Huzzah! It's finally here! Enjoy it & take your time with stropping. It's often easier to lay the stop on a table & use it like a bench strop so you don't have to worry about strop tension till you've mastered the blade motion & flip.

Congrats. It has been about 11 weeks for me since I started. I rarely cut myself and my shave doesn't take as long as it used to. The only part of my shave that I go super slow on and I still get that nervous feeling of cutting myself is around my mouth.

As far as stropping goes, I am much much better at it than when I started. I still am super careful not to nick the strop and I still do occasionally.


Can you post full photos of the razor and the strop. Thanks and congrats.

I will try the strop on the table next time sounds like a good idea until I get more proficient.

Originally Posted by joepa150

Can you post full photos of the razor and the strop. Thanks and congrats.

I took an overview photo of a razor but for some reason it wouldn't upload, I will tinker with it after work and I'll get one of the strop.

Here is a photo of the strop and razor together. I had to use my iphone as I am away from home for a few days so the quality is not the greatest.