Quote Originally Posted by AlliumSativum View Post
... Try a cheap shavette, without a blade first to get comfortable with how you hold the razor and how you shave with a good blade angle...
What a wonderful idea!


Quote Originally Posted by AlliumSativum View Post
.... Don't forget, a shavette with a new blade is as shave ready as you'll get.
Not necessarily... this is a bit off topic but just happened today:
around 20 years ago, when I started with straight razors, my hairdresser Toni, gave me one of his very flat (must have been 4/8 or so) "Ben Hur" razors.
I recently digged that one out and sent it to the stones. Today it was time to get my hair cut again. Meanwhile his son runs the shop, but I went there and said, "Twenty years ago, Your father gave this to me. If You like, we could try this today on me". He liked the idea and used it for most of the haircut. Normally he uses a shavette for that (always new blade) which is "loud" and pulling. The "Ben Hur" went through the hair like nothing and when I left, he asked if I could take some of his old razors and resharpen them for him :-D - interesting experience