Thread: First shave and don't know what to think

Hi from another straight newbie! I had/have all the same problems. Lather drying too quickly, and problems on chin and neck. I just needed more practice making lather and using the correct amount of water and that helped. I have one soap that tends to dry out faster than the others. You'll just have to learn by trial and error. I think I might also try another's recommendation of adding glycerin. Also, if the blade isn't gliding smoothly and wants to skip you need to re-lather. Just stop and do it. Between passes it helps to rinse your face and this adds a little more water to the lather to help prevent it from drying out.

As for the problem areas, I see from your original post that you were having the same problems with the shavette so I doubt it was a razor sharpness issue. Probably technique. For me it was a combination of both. I had dulled my razor in 2 weeks using bad shaving and probably stropping technique. I touched up the razor myself and that made a huge difference in the comfort and closeness of the shave for me. But I still had the problem areas and the only way I could get them smooth was using ATG on those problem areas. WTG and XTG just wouldn't cut it. It was uncomfortable and irritating at first because my razor was dull. After the touchup the razor glided right through as long as my lather was good. Are you just going WTG or are you also trying XTG and ATG. I'm assuming you know which way your whiskers are growing.